The journalist was passionate about science.
Midi Libre mourns its “professor Sournetol”. A journalist for more than four decades, Philippe Dagneaux, 68, died earlier this week. He joined Montpellier in 1988, after several years spent with the Républicain Lorrain in Metz.
Local to the Metz newspaper from 1980, his passion for science and space quickly led him to collaborate on the scientific pages. A passion for research that he continued and developed when he was recruited by Midi Libre. Assigned to the General Information department at the newspaper’s headquarters in Saint-Jean-de-Védas, Philippe Dagneaux has covered national and international news for nearly twenty-five years.
Holder of a degree in public law and a diploma in Astronomy-Astrophysics from the University of Paris tells the adventure of Yuri Gagarin, humanity’s first cosmonaut or “The sun, splendor and fascination” (2003). Passionate about writing, he wrote his first science-thriller novel “Tsunamis sur l’Ouest” in 2013.
During his years in Montpellier, Philippe Dagneaux got involved in the activities of the Press Club by becoming a member of the office and the board of directors.
After a stint at the Midi Libre agency in Rodez in 2013 where he was appointed deputy agency head, Philippe Dagneaux left the daily and created, in 2015, the Byron Communication agency, a company providing editorial services, as well as a scientific site, “Le blog du Pr Sournetol”.
Several prices
During his career, Philippe Dagneaux obtained several awards for his work as a popular journalist, such as the first prize for Scientific Journalism from the regional daily press awarded by the Varenne Foundation (2008) and the Scoop Prize from the Press Club of Montpellier-Languedoc-
The funeral of Philippe Dagneaux will take place on Friday December 20, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., at the Grammont funeral complex, in Montpellier.
To his family and loved ones, the Occitanie Press Club and Midi Libre offer their most sincere condolences.
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