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René Mailhot (1942/43 – April 28, 2007) was a Canadian journalist from the province of Quebec. He began his career at the age of twenty with the French-language newspaper Le Droit, published in Ottawa. Afterwards, Mailhot went into public television in Moncton, New Brunswick. While working with Radio-Canada during the FLQ October Crisis Mailhot was arrested and beaten twice by police officers.[1] Mailhot also directed the magazine Le trente (The Thirty), served as president of the Professional Journalists Federation of Quebec as well as the founder of the Press Council of Quebec.

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  • René Mailhot (1942 - 28 avril 2007) est un journaliste québécois. René Mailhot commence sa carrière à vingt ans au journal Le Droit d'Ottawa. Il passe ensuite à la télévision publique à Moncton au Nouveau-Brunswick. On le remarque ensuite aux émissions d'affaires publiques Le 60 et Télémag, durant les années 1970. Il a été journaliste de l'écrit, de la télé et de la radio. Il collabore entre autres aux émissions Indicatif présent et Sans frontière où il élabore ses fameuses 'Cartes géopolitiques'. Il était un spécialiste de la vulgarisation et de la scène internationale. Michel Désautels a dit de lui : 'Il avait l'art de rendre les choses complexes, simples.' Il voyage à travers plus de 100 pays autour du monde, surtout en Afrique, au Moyen-Orient et en Asie. Il est témoin de grands évènements tels le démantèlement de l'URSS, la chute du mur de Berlin, la guerre civile au Mozambique, l'Apartheid en Afrique du Sud, la révolution islamique en Iran. Au niveau local, il est très présent lors des évènements d'octobre, au Québec. Il est aussi témoin des divergences entre les deux grands souverainistes, René Lévesque et Pierre Bourgault. Ses confrères se souviennent de sa rigueur, son assiduité et de sa passion pour son travail. Il est devenu la référence à Radio Canada, dans le domaine des affaires internationales. D'octobre 2006 jusqu'à son décès, il a été carnetier sur le site web de Radio Canada. Il a été président de la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec, il fonde le Conseil de presse et dirige le magazine journalistique Le Trente. * Portail du Québec (fr)
  • René Mailhot (1942/43 – April 28, 2007) was a Canadian journalist from the province of Quebec. He began his career at the age of twenty with the French-language newspaper Le Droit, published in Ottawa. Afterwards, Mailhot went into public television in Moncton, New Brunswick. While working with Radio-Canada during the FLQ October Crisis Mailhot was arrested and beaten twice by police officers.[1] Mailhot became noted for the public affairs programs Le 60 (The 60) and Télémag during the 1970s. He was in journalism in print, on television and on the radio. He appeared on the programs Indicatif présent (Present Indicative) and Sans frontière (Without Frontiers), where he displayed and explained geopolitical maps. He specialized in popular science and international relations. Michel Désautels said of him, "He had the knack for making complex things simple." Mailhot traveled extensively throughout the world. He visited a total of more than 100 countries, including those in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. He reported on many major events, including the breakdown of the USSR, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the civil war in Mozambique, apartheid in South Africa, and the Islamic Revolution in Iran. On the local level, he was active during the October crisis in Quebec. He also observed the divergence between René Lévesque and Pierre Bourgault, two of the most prominent supporters of Quebec independence. He later became the international relations specialist at Radio-Canada. Mailhot also directed the magazine Le trente (The Thirty), served as president of the Professional Journalists Federation of Quebec as well as the founder of the Press Council of Quebec. He died from pneumonia on April 28, 2007, aged 64. (en)
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  • René Mailhot (1942/43 – April 28, 2007) was a Canadian journalist from the province of Quebec. He began his career at the age of twenty with the French-language newspaper Le Droit, published in Ottawa. Afterwards, Mailhot went into public television in Moncton, New Brunswick. While working with Radio-Canada during the FLQ October Crisis Mailhot was arrested and beaten twice by police officers.[1] Mailhot also directed the magazine Le trente (The Thirty), served as president of the Professional Journalists Federation of Quebec as well as the founder of the Press Council of Quebec. (en)
  • René Mailhot (1942 - 28 avril 2007) est un journaliste québécois. René Mailhot commence sa carrière à vingt ans au journal Le Droit d'Ottawa. Il passe ensuite à la télévision publique à Moncton au Nouveau-Brunswick. On le remarque ensuite aux émissions d'affaires publiques Le 60 et Télémag, durant les années 1970. Il a été journaliste de l'écrit, de la télé et de la radio. Il collabore entre autres aux émissions Indicatif présent et Sans frontière où il élabore ses fameuses 'Cartes géopolitiques'. Il était un spécialiste de la vulgarisation et de la scène internationale. Michel Désautels a dit de lui : 'Il avait l'art de rendre les choses complexes, simples.' (fr)
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  • René Mailhot (fr)
  • René Mailhot (en)
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