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Jacques Amalric (6 October 1938 – 4 June 2021) was a French journalist. [1] He was the editor-in-chief of Le Monde. [2] [3] His son is actor Mathieu Amalric.
After studying political economy and partially performing a military service in Algeria, Jacques entered journalism at La Dépêche du Midi. [4] 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), [5] where, opposed to Brejnev's policy, he attracts the wrath of the KGB. [6]
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. [7] 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. [8] Finally, withdrawn in Corsica where he settled with his second wife, Isaline de Commarmond, [9] he then supported the information site on rue89 [10] by becoming a minority shareholder and holds a chronicle for economic alternatives. [11]
Finally, having retired to Corsica where he settled with his second wife, Isaline de Comarmond, he then supported the news website Rue89 [12] by becoming a minority shareholder and wrote a column for Alternatives économiques. [13]
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Jacques Amalric | |
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![]() Jacques Amalric, journalist, at Le Monde newspaper in 1967. | |
Born | |
Died | 4 June 2021 | (aged 82)
Jacques Amalric (6 October 1938 – 4 June 2021) was a French journalist. [1] He was the editor-in-chief of Le Monde. [2] [3] His son is actor Mathieu Amalric.
After studying political economy and partially performing a military service in Algeria, Jacques entered journalism at La Dépêche du Midi. [4] 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), [5] where, opposed to Brejnev's policy, he attracts the wrath of the KGB. [6]
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. [7] 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. [8] Finally, withdrawn in Corsica where he settled with his second wife, Isaline de Commarmond, [9] he then supported the information site on rue89 [10] by becoming a minority shareholder and holds a chronicle for economic alternatives. [11]
Finally, having retired to Corsica where he settled with his second wife, Isaline de Comarmond, he then supported the news website Rue89 [12] by becoming a minority shareholder and wrote a column for Alternatives économiques. [13]