Mediapart is a French online investigative and opinion journal created in 2008 by the former editor-in-chief of Le Monde Edwy Plenel and also François Bonnet, Gérard Desportes, Laurent Mauduit, Marie-Hélène Smiéjan and Godefroy Beauvallet. Mediapart consists of two main sections: the journal itself (Le Journal), run by professional journalists, and Le Club, a collaborative forum edited by the subscriber community.