[2] Based in Paris, it is led by Serge Barbet,[1] a former journalist and ministerial advisor and its advisory council and development are chaired by Nathalie Sonnac.
The CLEMI's mission is to teach students how they should approach the media.
As a training center, it forms partnerships with professionals from the media industry.
It is associated with the Bibliothèque nationale de France and each year it publishes a press review formed from selected newspaper articles, with the support of the Foundation Varenne.
It organizes, with the Varenne Foundation and the Jet d'encre association, a National Competition for school newspapers.