Ideas lead the world: relive Friday’s day
Laurent Mauduit
Editor-in-chief, journalist, co-founder of Médiapart.
An activist for the freedom and independence of the press, he is one of the co-founders of Mediapart, an online information site which advocates transparency in democracy and which favors a model based on investigative journalism.
Renowned for his incisive criticism of political and economic powers, he constantly denounces abuses of power and fights against corruption. For him, citizen vigilance in the face of elite excesses is a true priesthood.
He will share his experience as a critical and committed journalist, keen to transmit this vision of independent and accessible information.
The theme of his Meeting: “Resisting abuse of power”.
- “There is no democracy if there is no right to information. But this freedom of the press, this democratic achievement, is being swept away.
- “Billionaires make their market in journalism to influence public debate. Bolloré and others take over TV channels, newspapers but also publishing houses. And that’s a serious danger.”
- “I will leave the And until then, I invite everyone to make some noise.”
- There is a discredit weighing on the press and which is partly deserved. It takes time to regain readers’ trust, but it’s not too late to react.
