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Edwy Plenel is a French journalist and writer who served as managing editor of Le Monde. He is a founding member of the investigative media outlet Mediapart, now widely regarded as a global reference for independent, subscription-funded journalism. He has published numerous books, including Le journaliste et le Président (The Journalist and the President, 2006), Combat pour une presse libre (A Struggle for a Free Press, 2009), and Le droit de savoir (The Right to Know, 2013).
Writer’s Articles
What It Means to Be an Investigative Journalist Today
A few weeks ago, Carla Bruni, wife of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, was seen removing the Mediapart logo from view. The moment became a symbol of a major victory for investigative journalism, after the platform exposed Gaddafi’s financing of Sarkozy’s election campaign, leading to his prison conviction. In this article, Edwy Plenel, founder of Mediapart and one of the most prominent figures in global investigative journalism, reflects on a central question: what does it mean to be an investigative journalist today?