Gérard Biard

Gérard Biard
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Born 1958/1959 (age 56–57)[1]
Nationality French
Occupation Journalist, editor
Known for Editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo

Gérard Biard (born 1958/1959) is a French journalist. He is the editor‑in‑chief of the satirical French news magazine, Charlie Hebdo.[2]

Biard has been associated with Charlie Hebdo since 1992, when it was relaunched after a 10-year hiatus.[3] He was in London for a conference when Charlie Hebdo’s Paris office was targeted in a January 2015 terrorist attack.[4]

In May 2015, Biard and film critic Jean-Baptiste Thoret accepted the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award on behalf of Charlie Hebdo.[5]

Biard is strongly in favour of secularity. In October 2014 he participated in a conference of the French feminist organization Regards de femmes on the topic.[6] He is a founder and spokesperson for Zéromacho, an organization of men "against prostitution and for equality".[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Clark, Nicola (24 October 2015). "Charlie Hebdo's recovery from attacks opens new wounds for staff". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Dean, Michelle (5 May 2015). "Charlie Hebdo editors: ‘We are not naive’ ". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2015-11-12.  ‘The thing that surprised me the most’, Charlie Hebdo’s editor‑in‑chief Gérard Biard told an audience on Tuesday morning, ‘was the bells of Notre‑Dame that rang for us’.
  3. ↑ "L'Histoire". Charlie Hebdo. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Charlie Hebdo attack: the response in pictures". London: BBC News. 7 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-14. Charlie Hebdo’s editor‑in‑chief [Gérard] Biard, who was in London during the attack, said: ‘I don’t understand how people can attack a newspaper with heavy weapons. A newspaper is not a weapon of war.’ 
  5. ↑ Susman, Tina (5 May 2015). "At PEN Gala, Charlie Hebdo editor calls for free expression and debate". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Actes du colloque: La laïcité : une force et un bouclier pour les femmes" (in French). Regards de femmes. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Gerard Biard, redac' chef de Charlie-Hebdo et porte-parole de "Zeromacho"". prostitutionetsociete.fr. May 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Manifeste". Zeromacho. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
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