Pierre Haski (born 8 April 1953) is a French journalist and co-founder of Rue89.
Life
Haski started his career in 1974 as a journalist for the Agence France-Presse (AFP), and was its correspondent in South Africa from 1976 to 1980. He then joined the staff of the daily
Libération in 1981. At first responsible of the Africa section, he then was charged of its diplomatic section between 1988 and 1993. Haski went on a number of international assignments, corresponding from
South Africa,
Jerusalem (1993–1995), and
China (2000–2005), and serving as head of the foreign correspondent division from 1995 to 2000. He was stationed in
Beijing from 2000 through 2005, during which he posted a
blog on the newspaper's website,
Mon Journal de Chine ("My Journal from China"), which access was blocked by the Chinese authorities. During his time in China, he came across the diary of a schoolgirl in a remote province, which he edited and published in the West as
The Diary of Ma Yan. From January 2006 to 2007, he was deputy chief-editor of
Libération.
In the turmoil of the crisis at Libération, he resigned from his functions in 2007 and co-founded, in March 2007, the Internet newspaper Rue 89, along with Arnaud Aubron, Michel Lévy-Provençal, Laurent Mauriac, Nicole Pénicaut and Pascal Riché. In September 2007, he also worked for Europe 1 radio.
He became president of the Reporters Without Borders association in 2017. Since August 2018, he has been the geopolitical columnist for the morning show Le 7/9 (which became Le 7/9.30 then Le 7/10) on France Inter.
Books
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Ma, Yan, and Pierre Haski (2005). The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl. HarperCollins. . .
Films
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"Nous sommes Taïwan" (2023)
