--- description: Will print 1 million copies of new issue for next week title: 'Charlie Hebdo' Journalists Begin Work on Next Issue image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2019ffa5a3bde103/69877922cd1bba12156f4900/liberation-charlie-hebdo-press-reporters-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Charlie Hebdo_ Journalists Begin Work on Next Issue  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jan 9, 2015 3:56 PM CUT  Editor-in-chief of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo Gerard Briard (R), lawyer Richard Malka (L) and financial director Eric Portheault gather at the headquarters of French newspaper Liberation on Jan. 9, 2015 in Paris as editorial staff of the French satirical newspaper gather following the deadly attack that occurred on Jan. 7 by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo. Editor-in-chief of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo Gerard Briard (R), lawyer Richard Malka (L) and financial director Eric Portheault gather at the headquarters of French newspaper Liberation on Jan. 9, 2015 in Paris as editorial staff of the French satirical newspaper gather following the deadly attack that occurred on Jan. 7 by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo.Bertrand Guay—AFP/Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jan 9, 2015 3:56 PM CUT Journalists and cartoonists who survived Wednesday’s massacre at satirical newspaper _Charlie Hebdo_ went back to work Friday, to put out a new issue of the weekly paper. A total of 25 journalists gathered at the headquarters of left-leaning daily newspaper _Libération_ to start work on an eight-page issue that is set to be printed 1 million times for a Wednesday distribution. Charlie Hebdo’s normal circulation is about 30,000, according to the [New York _Times_](http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/updates-on-the-manhunt-for-the-charlie-hebdo-suspects/?smid=tw-nytimes&%5Fr=0#distraught-but-back-to-work-at-charlie-hebdo-2 "undefined"), and usually runs to 16 pages. Attackers killed eight members of the magazine’s staff in Wednesday’s attack, including editor-in-chief Stéphane Charbonnier. Another senior editor was reportedly in London at the time of the attack. ### Front Pages React to Paris Terror Attack  Aftenposten, Norway  DeMorgen, Belgium  The Independent, United Kingdom  "France is bruised" / La Croix, France  Berria, Spain  The Times of London, United Kingdom  De Tijd, Belgium  "Liberty: 0 - Barbarism: 12" / L'Equipe, France  "We are all Charlie" / Libération, France  Berliner Kurier, Germany  L'Echo, France  Berlingske, Denmark  The National, Scotland  "No" / Sud Ouest, France  The International New York Times — Europe  La Tribune, France  Politiken, Denmark  "The Black Day" / La Provence, France Richard Malka, a lawyer for _Charlie Hebdo_, ushered the journalists into a special office set up for them at Libération before addressing the media waiting outside. “We are touched by your being here and your support but we have an issue to create in the conditions that you know,” he said, according to [_Libération_.](http://ecrans.liberation.fr/ecrans/2015/01/09/charlie-arrive-a-libe%5F1176853 "undefined") “We need to meet in private. What we have to say, we’ll say it in eight pages. The strength and the heart we have left, we’ll put it in these eight pages. What’s urgent now is this next issue of Charlie Hebdo.” Prime Minister Manuel Valls [met](http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/updates-on-the-manhunt-for-the-charlie-hebdo-suspects/?smid=tw-nytimes&%5Fr=0#distraught-but-back-to-work-at-charlie-hebdo-2 "undefined") with journalists to “offer solidarity” and encourage them to get back to work. “The strongest response is to say, ‘let’s continue,'” he said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3661396/charlie-hebdo-paris-next-issue/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3661396/charlie-hebdo-paris-next-issue/"},"headline":"Charlie Hebdo Journalists Begin Work on Next Issue","datePublished":"2015-01-09T15:56:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:19.433Z","description":"Will print 1 million copies of new, eight-page issue for next week","url":"https://time.com/3661396/charlie-hebdo-paris-next-issue/","keywords":["France","Journalism","free speech","Charlie Hebdo"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2019ffa5a3bde103/69877922cd1bba12156f4900/liberation-charlie-hebdo-press-reporters-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2019ffa5a3bde103/69877922cd1bba12156f4900/liberation-charlie-hebdo-press-reporters-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Editor-in-chief of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo Gerard Briard (R), lawyer Richard Malka (L) and financial director Eric Portheault gather at the headquarters of French newspaper Liberation on Jan. 9, 2015 in Paris as editorial staff of the Frenc","caption":"Editor-in-chief of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo Gerard Briard (R), lawyer Richard Malka (L) and financial director Eric Portheault gather at the headquarters of French newspaper Liberation on Jan. 9, 2015 in Paris as editorial staff of the Frenc","creditText":"Bertrand Guay—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3661396/charlie-hebdo-paris-next-issue/","name":"Charlie Hebdo Journalists Begin Work on Next Issue"}}]}] ```