Geoffroy Lejeune
Geoffroy Lejeune is a French journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of Valeurs actuelles which is associated with the far right. In August 2023, he was made editor-in-chief of Le Journal du Dimanche.
Early life
Geoffroy Lejeune was born on 3 September 1988. He graduated from the École supérieure de journalisme de Paris in 2011.Career
Early career
Lejeune began his career in journalism for the french weekly magazine Le Point.Valeurs actuelles
He became the political editor of Valeurs actuelles in 2015 and its editor-in-chief in 2016. He became the youngest editor-in-chief in France. As editor, he covered the whole spectrum of right-wing politics, from the far right to the centre right. He also hired several young journalists, with a focus on investigative journalism. In April 2017, he derided Le Monde, France's left-wing newspaper of record, for launching Decodex, a fact-checking app, and he suggested Valeurs actuelles should start fact-checking Le Monde.In September 2021, he was fined €1500 after Valeurs actuelles was found guilty of hate speech for publishing a seven page fictional story about La France Insoumise politician Danièle Obono in which the magazine depicted Obono as being captured and enslaved in the 18th century.
In June 2023, he was fired from his position at Valeurs actuelles after a conflict with Iskandar Safa, the owner of the magazine, in which Safa accused Lejeune of being politically too far to the right. Over the course of his tenure as editor-in-chief, the number of subscribers to the magazine declined by 10% and the number of visitors to its website decline by half.