Gérard Biard Explained
Gérard Biard |
Birth Date: | 4 January 1959 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Nationality: | French |
Occupation: | 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 Hebdos 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Charlie Hebdo editors: 'We are not naive' . The Guardian . 5 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151112172300/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/05/charlie-hebdo-editors-we-are-not-naive . 2015-11-12 . live . Dean . Michelle . London . 0261-3077 . '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'. .
- Web site: L'Histoire . Charlie Hebdo . 22 November 2015.
- Web site: Charlie Hebdo attack: the response in pictures . BBC News . 7 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151014154239/http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-30712925 . 2015-10-14 . live . London . Charlie Hebdos editor‑in‑chief Biard, who was in London during the attack, said: 'I don't understand how people can attack a newspaper with heavy weapons. A newspaper is not a weapon of war.'.
- News: Susman . Tina . At PEN Gala, Charlie Hebdo editor calls for free expression and debate . 22 November 2015 . Los Angeles Times . 5 May 2015.
- Web site: Actes du colloque: La laïcité : une force et un bouclier pour les femmes. Regards de femmes. 22 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160105142156/http://www.partagider.com/index.php/post/Actes-du-colloque-%3A-La-la%C3%AFcit%C3%A9-%3A-une-force-et-un-bouclier-pour-les-femmes. 5 January 2016. fr. dead.
- Web site: Gerard Biard, redac' chef de Charlie-Hebdo et porte-parole de "Zeromacho" . prostitutionetsociete.fr . May 2013 . 22 November 2015.
- https://blogs.mediapart.fr/merome-jardin/blog/010916/gerard-biard-zero-macho-et-la-non-mixite Gérard Biard, Zéro Macho et la non-mixité