The Journal du Jura (French pronunciation: [ʒuʁnal dy ʒyʁa]) is a French-language Swiss newspaper published in Biel/Bienne, Canton of Bern.
[1][3] Early employees of the paper included Nobel Peace Prize winners Élie Ducommun and Albert Gobat.
[5] During the Jura separatism struggle the paper voiced opinions of those who wished to stay in the Canton of Bern.
[3] Journal du Jura had a period of good growth from 1985, but like many papers in Switzerland had struggles in the 1990s due to economic and advertising issues.
[5] In the 1990s, it was part of an editorial exchange between several other Swiss regional daily papers,[2] and since February 2007 it has collaborated with ArcInfo (L'Express and L'Impartial), from which it takes national and international news.
He had previously bought out the publishing company that owned the Walliser Bote two years prior.