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.
[1] In this early period the paper functioned as an outlet for the liberal political faction in Jura.
[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.