How 9/11 reshaped journalism remains under review
On the 25th anniversary of the attacks, FRANCE 24 examines the reporting of 9/11 and its longer-term effect on the news industry.
Twenty-five years after the 11 September 2001 attacks, FRANCE 24’s media programme Scoop is revisiting how journalists covered the event and how it influenced journalism.
The attacks involved four hijacked planes. Two crashed into New York’s Twin Towers, one struck the Pentagon and a fourth came down in a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were killed.
FRANCE 24 published the anniversary programme on 11 September 2026, placing the media’s response alongside the attacks’ continuing significance in US and world history.
The programme considers both the immediate reporting of 9/11 and the subsequent changes to the news industry. Its summary does not specify the precise nature or extent of those changes, leaving the broader assessment open rather than presenting a single definitive account.
