Michèle Cotta

Michèle Cotta (born 15 June 1937) is a French political journalist.[1][2][3][4]

Michèle Cotta
Born (1937-06-15) 15 June 1937
NationalityFrench
Alma materSciences Po
OccupationPolitical journalist

Biography

Her father was the mayor of Nice.[1] She started her career as a journalist for Combat.[2] She moved on to interviewing politicians for L'Express, under the tutelage of Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber and Françoise Giroud.[1][2] Between 1981 and 1986, then-President François Mitterrand appointed her as Head of Radio France, followed by the Haute Autorité, now known as the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel.[1][2][3] She also served as news director for TF1 and program director for France 2.[1][2][3] She now teaches at Sciences Po.[3] She is also an editor for the Nouvel économiste and Direct Soir.[4]

In 1983, she became the first woman to join the think tank Le Siècle.[5]

Bibliography

  • La Collaboration, 1940-1944 (Paris: Armand Colin, 1964)
  • Les élections présidentielles de 1965 (co-written with Jean-François Revel, Imprimerie Busson, 1966)
  • Les miroirs de Jupiter (Paris: Fayard, 1986)
  • La Sixième République (Paris: Flammarion, 1992)
  • Les secrets d'une victoire (Paris: Flammarion, 1999)
  • Carnets secrets de la Présidentielle : mars 2001 - mai 2002 (Paris: Plon, 2002)
  • Politic Circus (Paris: L’Archipel, 2004)
  • Cahiers secrets de la Ve République, tome 1, 1965-1977 (Paris: Fayard, 2007)
  • Cahiers secrets de la Ve République, tome 2, 1977-1986 (Paris: Fayard, 2008)
  • Cahiers secrets de la Ve République, tome 3, 1986-1997 (Paris: Fayard, 2009)

References

  1. 'Michèle Cotta, une femme de pouvoir', in Le Figaro, 01/04/2011
  2. France 5 webpage
  3. Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme webpage Archived 2011-09-20 at Archive.today
  4. France Culture webpage
  5. Frédéric Saliba, 'Le pouvoir à la table du Siècle', in Stratégies, issue 1365, April 14, 2005, p. 49
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