Jacques Amalric
Jacques Amalric was a French journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of Le Monde. 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, where he covered in particular Watergate, then in Moscow, where, opposed to Brejnev's policy, he attracts the wrath of the KGB.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. 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. Finally, withdrawn in Corsica where he settled with his second wife, Isaline de Commarmond, he then supported the information site on rue89 by becoming a minority shareholder and holds a chronicle for economic alternatives.
Finally, having retired to Corsica where he settled with his second wife, Isaline de Comarmond, he then supported the news website Rue89 by becoming a minority shareholder and wrote a column for Alternatives économiques.