Eric Scherer

AI in media consultant, Explorer, Author, Journalist / Ex AFP, Reuters, France Télévisions

Paris, Île-de-France, France

About

I work to bridge the divide between old and new media by promoting "dot-connecting" through a broad spectrum of platforms and activities. These include: - Blogging (Meta-media.fr) - Speaking at international conferences (Berlin, London, Brussels, Copenhagen, Rome, Madrid, Genève, Amsterdam, Vienne, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Tunis, Beyrouth, Montréal, Turin, Liège, Prague, Llubjana, Bucarest, Tirana, Porto, Monaco, Perugia, Trieste, Dubrovnik, Tbilissi, Taipeh, Vilnius, Krakow, Unesco). And in France : Paris, Tours, Orléans, Nantes, Rennes, Metz, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Aix-en-Provence, Nice, Cannes, Marseille, Montpellier, Lille, Valenciennes, Papeete, Nouméa, St Laurent du Maroni, Mulhouse, Toulouse, Clermont Ferrand, Vichy, Dijon, St Malo) - Digital festival curation. - Institutional leadership - as Board Director at the GESTE (Groupement des Editeurs de Services en ligne) main french online organization; at TV5Monde, at Hub France AI ; at Cap Digital (biggest French cluster for digital transformation); at IDATE; at Centre de Formation des Journalistes (CFJ) and at Ecole de Journalisme et de communication d'Aix-Marseille. - Active participant in international fora for news media : co-chair of Collège des Bernardins department on digital humanism ; member of the Online News Association International Committee and judge for the annual ONA journalism Awards, as well as for the SIIA CODiE Awards. - Publishing and curation : 2020 : One chapter of "La Presse est un combat de rue" (Eric Fottorino) Ed. L'Aube 2015. 2018 : Conferences curation of "Futur en Seine" (biggest free european digital festival) 2012 : "Journalisme 2.0" Ouvrage collectif (La Documentation Française) "Investir la culture (Actes du Forum d'Avignon. Culture, Economie, médias" - Collectif - (Gallimard) 2011: "A-ton encore besoin des journalistes? Manifeste pour un journalisme augmenté" (PUF) 2009: "La Révolution numérique - Glossaire" (Dalloz) I also publish a twice-yearly flagship guide to global media trends (Meta-Media). - Conference curation - Forum d'Avignon (Economie / Culture / Médias) http://www.forum-avignon.org/ - Education/Training - I teach Entrepreneurial Journalism at SciencesPo in Paris. - Professional speaking engagements throughout Europe, including at TEDx Alsace. Specialties: Dot-connector, strategist, new media advocate, author, speaker, educator and broadcaster. One foot in the Old World, one in the New, with my gaze fixed on the Emergent World. Press Card N° 55879

Experience

  • President of the Expert Jury on Artificial Intelligence for Culture, Arts and Media (France 2030) at French Ministry of Culture
    Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

  • France Télévisions (14 yrs 9 mos)
    • Director of the News MediaLab & International Affairs
      Jan 2022 - Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    • Director Innovation and International Affairs
      Jan 2020 - Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Director of Innovation and Future Media (News & Digital)
      Jan 2017 - Jan 2020 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • News Committee Chairman at European Broadcasting Union
    Nov 2021 - Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Président at Mediterranean Center for Audiovisual Communication (CMCA)
    Jan 2020 - Jul 2025 · 5 yrs 7 mos

  • Board Director at Hub France Intelligence Artificielle, IDATE DigiWorld, Cap Digital, CFJ, GESTE, IRI, TV5Monde
    2016 - Jul 2025 · 9 yrs 7 mos