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French journalist (1938–2021)
Jacques Amalric
Jacques Amalric, journalist, at Le Monde newspaper in 1967.
Born(1938-10-06)6 October 1938
Montauban, France
Died4 June 2021(2021-06-04) (aged 82)
Ajaccio, France

Jacques Amalric (6 October 1938 – 4 June 2021) was a French journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of Le Monde. His son is actor Mathieu Amalric.

Biography

After studying political economy and partially performing a military service in Algeria, Jacques entered journalism at La Dépêche du Midi. In 1963, recruited by Hubert Beuve-Méry, he entered the newspaper Le Monde as a journalist in the foreign service and was correspondent for the daily in Washington (1970-1973), where he covered in particular Watergate, then in Moscow (1973-1977), where, opposed to Brejnev's policy, he attracts the wrath of the KGB.

In 1980, he was a candidate for the succession of Jacques Fauvet at the head of the daily in the first election of a director by journalists – a world first in the press of the press, – finally won by Claude Julien. In 1994, he joined the newspaper Liberation – of which he was the editorial director from 2000 to 2002 succeeding Frédéric Filloux – where he wrote until 2006. Finally, withdrawn in Corsica where he settled with his second wife, Isaline de Commarmond, he then supported the information site on rue89 by becoming a minority shareholder and holds a chronicle for economic alternatives.

Finally, having retired to Corsica where he settled with his second wife, Isaline de Comarmond, he then supported the news website Rue89 by becoming a minority shareholder and wrote a column for Alternatives économiques.

References

  1. "Jacques Amalric". Libération.
  2. "Le journaliste Jacques Amalric, ancien chef du service étranger du " Monde ", est mort". 5 June 2021 – via Le Monde.
  3. "Media-Sceren, catalogue des collections audiovisuelles du CNDP". www.cndp.fr. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  4. Aumont, Jacques (2021), "Le monde est invisible", Doublures du visible, Presses universitaires du Septentrion, pp. 15–36, retrieved 16 September 2022
  5. La journée d'un journaliste Archived 2 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, documentaire de Madeleine Hartmann, 1967, sur le site du Centre national de documentation pédagogique.
  6. "Disparition de Jacques Amalric, journaliste exigeant, témoin des convulsions d'un demi-siècle". L'Obs (in French). 5 June 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. Élection : direction du monde, reportage de Bruno Masure dans le journal télévisé de TF1 le 20 février 1980 ; sur le site de l'INA
  8. Articles de Jacques Amalric sur le site de Libération
  9. Jacques Amalric, un journaliste qui en imposait, Marc Semo, 8 juin 2021, Libération.
  10. « Mathieu Amalric : "Pour moi, au début, jouer n’était pas travailler" », Rue89, 8 septembre 2013.
  11. Disparition de Jacques Amalric, journaliste exigeant, témoin des convulsions d’un demi-siècle, Pascal Riché, L'Obs, 5 juin 2021.
  12. Semo, Marc. "Jacques Amalric, un journaliste qui en imposait". Libération (in French). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  13. "Disparition de Jacques Amalric, journaliste exigeant, témoin des convulsions d'un demi-siècle". L'Obs (in French). 5 June 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2022.


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