Gérard Biard | |
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Born |
Paris, France | 4 January 1959
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, editor |
Known for | Editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo |
Gérard Biard (born 4 August 1959) is a French journalist. He is the editor‑in‑chief of the satirical French news magazine, Charlie Hebdo. [1]
He has been associated with Charlie Hebdo since 1992, when it was relaunched after a 10-year hiatus. [2] He was in London for a conference when Charlie Hebdo's Paris office was targeted in a January 2015 terrorist attack. [3]
In May 2015, Biard and film critic Jean-Baptiste Thoret accepted the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award on behalf of Charlie Hebdo. [4]
Biard is strongly in favour of secularism. In October 2014 he participated in a conference of the French feminist organization Regards de femmes on the topic. [5] He is a founder and spokesperson for Zéromacho, an organization of men "against prostitution and for equality". [6] [7]
'The thing that surprised me the most',Charlie Hebdos editor‑in‑chief Gérard Biard told an audience on Tuesday morning, 'was the bells of Notre‑Dame that rang for us'.
Gérard Biard | |
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Born |
Paris, France | 4 January 1959
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, editor |
Known for | Editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo |
Gérard Biard (born 4 August 1959) is a French journalist. He is the editor‑in‑chief of the satirical French news magazine, Charlie Hebdo. [1]
He has been associated with Charlie Hebdo since 1992, when it was relaunched after a 10-year hiatus. [2] He was in London for a conference when Charlie Hebdo's Paris office was targeted in a January 2015 terrorist attack. [3]
In May 2015, Biard and film critic Jean-Baptiste Thoret accepted the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award on behalf of Charlie Hebdo. [4]
Biard is strongly in favour of secularism. In October 2014 he participated in a conference of the French feminist organization Regards de femmes on the topic. [5] He is a founder and spokesperson for Zéromacho, an organization of men "against prostitution and for equality". [6] [7]
'The thing that surprised me the most',Charlie Hebdos editor‑in‑chief Gérard Biard told an audience on Tuesday morning, 'was the bells of Notre‑Dame that rang for us'.