Jacques Amalric (6 October 1938 – 4 June 2021) 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 (1970-1973), where he covered in particular Watergate, then in Moscow (1973-1977),La journée d'un journaliste , documentaire de Madeleine Hartmann, 1967, sur le site du Centre national de documentation pédagogique. 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.Élection : direction du monde, reportage de Bruno Masure dans le journal télévisé de TF1 le 20 février 1980; sur le site de l'INA 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succeeding Frédéric Filloux – where he wrote until 2006.Articles de Jacques Amalric sur le site de Libération Finally, withdrawn in Corsica where he settled with his second wife, Isaline de Commarmond,Jacques Amalric, un journaliste qui en imposait, Marc Semo, 8 juin 2021, Libération. he then supported the information site on rue89« Mathieu Amalric : "Pour moi, au début, jouer n’était pas travailler" », Rue89, 8 septembre 2013. by becoming a minority shareholder and holds a chronicle for economic alternatives.Disparition de Jacques Amalric, journaliste exigeant, témoin des convulsions d’un demi-siècle, Pascal Riché, L'Obs, 5 juin 2021.
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.
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