The journalist from Le Monde, a specialist in male violence, won the 86th Albert Londres prize this Wednesday, December 4, the most prestigious award in French-speaking journalism.
Lorraine de Foucher “tackles subjects that have been silenced for too long” like violence against women, greeted the jury: the pen of the Monde won this Wednesday, December 4, the 86th Albert Londres Prize, the most prestigious award in French-speaking journalism. At 38, the journalist was chosen for her reports and investigations published in the daily on the Mazan rape affair, raped migrant women, victims of the porn industry, young girls sexually exploited in Perpignan and more teenage hitmen. She succeeds Wilson Fache, collaborator of Liberation awarded last year.
The jury paid a vibrant tribute to this pioneer: “she tackles subjects that have been silenced for too long in our society” et “treats them with curiosity, style and respect”with writing “haute couture”. Lorraine de Foucher welcomes a «signal» sent with its price. “Male violence is a new field” for journalism and “it’s quite strong” to recognize it, “it ennobles matter”she declared, wishing that she would become «incontestable». “We work with very marked victims, there is the question of trauma, the management of emotion”underlines the winner, who evokes an exercise “particular”.
A graduate of the Journalist Training Center (CFJ) in 2011, Lorraine de Foucher started at Le Monde as a freelancer in 2014, before becoming a full member of the Society department. She had early participated in an investigation unit on the subject of feminicides, which led in particular to the broadcast of a shocking documentary on France 2 in 2020 revealing a recurring criminal pattern, of which she was co-director.
Three members of the editorial staff of Liberation appeared in the shortlist: Romain Boulho, Julie Brafman, Julien Gester. They were accompanied by two regular collaborators of Libé : Guillaume Pajot and Arthur Sarradin.
Award-winning film about exploited children in the Philippines and book about cyberattacks
The 40th audiovisual prize was also awarded to Antoine Védeilhé and Germain Baslé for their film Philippines: the little gold diggers (broadcast on Arte), on the work of dangerously exploited children. The jury welcomed “a narration in the style of Albert Londres” et “a rare mastery of the image that marks memories”. Finally, the 8th book prize crowned Martin Untersinger for Spy, lie, destroy (Ed. Grasset), a “lively, clear and original investigation” despite the “complex and difficult subject” what constitute cyber attacks.
Made up of former winners, the jury reluctantly decided not to award the 2024 prizes in Beirut, two months ago due to the open war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah. The ceremony was therefore held in Paris.
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