Jacques Amalric Explained

Birth Date:6 October 1938
Birth Place:Montauban, France
Death Place:Ajaccio, France

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.

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),[4] where, opposed to Brejnev's policy, he attracts the wrath of the KGB.[5]

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.[6] 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he was the editorial director from 2000 to 2002 succeeding Frédéric Filloux – where he wrote until 2006.[7] Finally, withdrawn in Corsica where he settled with his second wife, Isaline de Commarmond,[8] he then supported the information site on rue89[9] by becoming a minority shareholder and holds a chronicle for economic alternatives.[10]

Finally, having retired to Corsica where he settled with his second wife, Isaline de Comarmond, he then supported the news website Rue89[11] by becoming a minority shareholder and wrote a column for Alternatives économiques.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jacques Amalric. Libération.
  2. Web site: Le journaliste Jacques Amalric, ancien chef du service étranger du " Monde ", est mort. June 5, 2021. Le Monde.
  3. Web site: Media-Sceren, catalogue des collections audiovisuelles du CNDP. www.cndp.fr. 5 June 2021. 2 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141102195801/http://www.cndp.fr/media-sceren/catalogue-de-films/la_journee_d_un_journaliste-3749.html. dead.
  4. http://www.cndp.fr/media-sceren/catalogue-de-films/la_journee_d_un_journaliste-3749.html La journée d'un journaliste
  5. Web site: 2021-06-05 . Disparition de Jacques Amalric, journaliste exigeant, témoin des convulsions d’un demi-siècle . 2022-09-16 . L'Obs . fr.
  6. http://www.ina.fr/media/presse/video/CAA8000352801/le-monde.fr.html Élection : direction du monde
  7. http://www.liberation.fr/auteur/2166-jacques-amalric Articles de Jacques Amalric
  8. https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/tribunes/jacques-amalric-un-journaliste-qui-en-imposait-20210606_CCQSTYT2QZAM3IUO4G7PZLTDKQ/ Jacques Amalric, un journaliste qui en imposait
  9. http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/rue89-culture/2013/09/08/mathieu-amalric-debut-jouer-netait-travailler-245480 « Mathieu Amalric : "Pour moi, au début, jouer n’était pas travailler" »
  10. https://www.nouvelobs.com/medias/20210605.OBS44898/disparition-de-jacques-amalric-journaliste-exigeant-temoin-des-convulsions-d-un-demi-siecle.html Disparition de Jacques Amalric, journaliste exigeant, témoin des convulsions d’un demi-siècle
  11. Web site: Semo . Marc . Jacques Amalric, un journaliste qui en imposait . 2022-09-19 . Libération . fr.
  12. Web site: 2021-06-05 . Disparition de Jacques Amalric, journaliste exigeant, témoin des convulsions d’un demi-siècle . 2022-09-19 . L'Obs . fr.

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