Bernard Descôteaux

Bernard Descôteaux (; 1947 – 13 January 2024) was a Canadian journalist. He was the editor-in-chief and director of the Montreal-based newspaper Le Devoir from 1999 through 2016. In a career spanning over four decades, he covered Montreal's municipal politics and parliamentary reporting from Ottawa and Quebec City. Descôteaux was made an officer of the National Order of Quebec in 2010 and received the National Assembly medal of honour in 2017.

Early life Bernard Descôteaux was born in Nicolet, Quebec in 1947. He graduated with a degree in political science from the Université de Montréal and followed it with a degree in politics and economics from the University of Toronto as the Southam Foundation scholar at Massey College. In a career spanning over four decades, he covered Montreal's municipal politics and parliamentary reporting from Ottawa and Quebec City. He was also a recipient of the Order of Montreal. He served on the board of directors of the , a Montreal-based musical academy, the Centre d'études sur les médias, a center for media studies at the Université Laval, and Génération d'idées, a think tank.

Descôteaux died on 13 January 2024 at age 77. He had been diagnosed with cancer earlier.

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