Michèle Cotta

Michèle Cotta
Born 15 June 1937
Nice, France
Occupation Journalist

Michèle Cotta is a French political journalist.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Her father was the Mayor of Nice.[1] She started her career as a journalist for Combat.[2] She move 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 the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris.[3] She is also an editor for the Nouvel économiste and Direct Soir.[4]

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

Bibliography

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 'Michèle Cotta, une femme de pouvoir', in Le Figaro, 01/04/2011
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 France 5 webpage
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme webpage
  4. 4.0 4.1 France Culture webpage
  5. Frédéric Saliba, 'Le pouvoir à la table du Siècle', in Stratégies, issue 1365, April 14, 2005, p. 49