Éric Fottorino

Éric Fottorino (born 26 August 1960) is a French journalist and writer. He is the winner of the Prix Femina, 2007, for Baisers de cinéma. After having been a reporter for the daily newspaper Le Monde, then becoming editor-in-chief and executive editor, he was appointed president of the directory group of the La Vie-Le Monde group in January 2008. He was removed from this latter office in December 2010.

Early life and education Éric Fottorino was born on 26 August 1960. His biological father, Maurice Maman, was of Moroccan-Jewish origin and was a gynaecology student when he met his mother. The ultra-Catholic family of his mother, Monique Charbrerie, was opposed to their marriage. The young Eric was raised without his father. When he was 9, his mother married Michael Fottorino, a physiotherapist, Eric took the surname Fottorino.

He studied at the Faculty of Law at the University of La Rochelle and then at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris. initially as a news desk editor, tracking records of incoming source material, eventually moving on to work with agricultural and African source material.

On 19 December 2007, he resigned from his position, along with two other board members of the La Vie-Le Monde group, Pierre Jeantet and Bruno Patino, due to financial disagreements with the Society of LeMonde Editors (SRM). In a statement to France Inter, he accuses the SRM of "playing the roles of both arsonist and firefighter" calling into question the group's strategy.

On 5 January 2008, in the newspaper's editorial, he explained that he went back on his decision so as not to add another crisis on top of the current one. He also presented himself as a candidate for the post of president of the directory group of the La Vie-Le Monde group, with the support the Editor's Group (SRM), initially for a term of six years. Newly emboldened, he then decided to apply for a full term of ten years, to prevent Alain Minc, the chairman of the supervisory board, from appointing a provisional president.

After a first provisional refusal of his application on 14 January, he was finally elected president of the directory group on 25 January 2008, succeeding Pierre Jeantet. On 15 December 2010, he was dismissed by the supervisory board of Le Monde.

Other activities Between 1992 and 1995, Fottorino was a lecturer at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (the Political Studies Institute of Paris).

On 14 June 2009, he was interviewed by Catherine Ceylac in the show "Thé ou café" (Tea or coffee) for the television station France 2, whose website states: "to celebrate the release of 100 récits exceptionnels - Le Monde - les grands reportages 1944 – 2009 (100 outstanding accounts – LeMonde - major stories 1944 – 2009) published by Éditions Les Arènes and of L'homme qui m'aimait tout bas published by Gallimard. Additional information: the book À chacun son défi published by Éditions Solar. "