He is the president of the editorial committee at Valeurs Actuelles and sits on the board of directors of the publisher Valmonde.

[1][4] In July 1966, d'Orcival joined Valeurs Actuelles, then Le Spectacle du Monde, both edited by Raymond Bourgine.

[1][6][4] The following year, he became the editor-in-chief of Valeurs Actuelles and was involved with Louis Pauwels in the creation of Le Figaro Magazine in 1977–1978.

[4][1] In 1998, he was elected president of the Syndicat Professionnel de la Presse Magazine et d'Opinion (SPPMO), an organization which includes – besides Valeurs Actuelles – Le Nouvel Observateur, Le Canard enchaîné, Télérama or L’Humanité hebdo.

[4] On June 23, 2008, d'Orcival was inducted into the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, following the death of Henri Amouroux.