language:fr size_categories:1K<n<10K format:csv modality:text library:datasets library:pandas library:mlcroissant library:polars region:us
---
language:
- fr
---

> [!NOTE]
> Dataset origin: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/guscor/covid19-french-news-dataset

## Context

This dataset contains around 6k articles related to COVID-19 from 69 french-speaking news websites.

## Content

    date_publish: Date of the publication. Some dates are inaccurate.
    title: Headline of the article.
    description: Short description of the article.
    maintext: Main content of the article. Some data are truncated because a subscription is required.
    url: URL of the article.
    labels: Categories of the article.

##  Inspiration

    Study the media impact of COVID-19
    Analyze different writing styles
    Sentiment Analysis
    News generation

## Citation

If you're using this dataset for research purposes, please use the following BibTex for citations:

```
@dataset{covidfrenchnews,
  author = {Gustave Cortal},
  year = {2021},
  month = {03},
  title = {COVID-19: French news dataset},
  url = {https://www.gustavecortal.com}
}
```
