Luc Bronner

Luc Bronner
Luc Bronner
Born	14 May 1974 (1974-05-14) (age 50)
Occupation	Journalist

Luc Bronner (born on 14 May 1974 in Gap) is a French journalist. He was the editorial director of Le Monde from 2015 to 2020.

Origins and education

The son of Anne and Claude Bronner, both doctors, Luc Bronner was born on 14 May 1974 in Gap, located in the Hautes-Alpes. He studied at the Dominique-Villars High School in Gap, then attended the Institute of Political Studies in Grenoble and the Higher School of Journalism in Lille.

Career

He first worked as a freelance journalist for Nord Éclair, La Voix du Nord, and La Dépêche du Midi. He then joined Le Monde de l'éducation from 1999 to 2001, and worked as a journalist in Le Monde's "Education" section from 2001 to 2005. Since 2005, he has been a reporter for the "French Society" department.

Following the violent student protests on 8 March 2005, and the subsequent media coverage, Luc Bronner published an article on 15 March 2005, titled "Student Protests: The Specter of Anti-White Violence." This article, which quoted young people from urban areas claiming to have participated in the violence, sparked a media and political controversy over the characterization of the violence as "anti-white." On 25 March 2005 figures such as Ghaleb Bencheikh, Alain Finkielkraut, Bernard Kouchner and Jacques Julliard launched a "Call Against Anti-White Violence," supported by the leftist Zionist movement Hashomer Hatzaïr and the Jewish community radio Radio Shalom.

In 2007, Luc Bronner received the Albert Londres Prize for written press.

On 30 June 2015 he was promoted to editorial director of Le Monde.

In early October 2020, he announced his desire to return to writing and reporting: "After ten years in leadership, I’m eager to experience the stress of a reporter heading into the unknown, the meetings with non-journalist sources, the sleepless nights filled with coffee and writing, and the unique excitement of investigation and exclusive news."

He was replaced as the editorial director of Le Monde by Caroline Monnot.

In November 2020 he recounted the story of a village in the Hautes-Alpes that was sold to the state by its residents to escape poverty.

Publications

• Les Métiers de l'enseignement, Puteaux, Rebondir, 2001.
• Attention et somnolence au volant, Paris, La Documentation française, 2007.
• La Loi du ghetto: enquête sur les banlieues françaises, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 2010.
• Chaudun, la montagne blessée, Paris, Éditions du Seuil, 2020.

Awards

• Albert Londres Prize for written press, 2007.
• Economics and Social Sciences Book Prize, 2011, for La Loi du ghetto.
• Amerigo Vespucci Prize, 2021, for Chaudun, la montagne blessée.