An Irishman's Diary - Pioneering French Journalist Albert Londres

Albert Londres (1884-1932) is often held up as the prototype for the grand reporter journalist in France. He was born in Vichy in 1884 and came to prominence when he reported about the destruction of Reims Cathedral in Le Matin in 1914. 

Londres traveled all over the world uncovering wrongdoing on the part of the state and writing about it in the press. In memory of Londres, the Prix Albert Londres is awarded to the best reporter in the written press every year. Read my Irishman's Diary about Albert Londres in the Irish Times.

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