Leader-writer

The leader-writer , formerly called billettist , is the person who writes the leading of a newspaper of Written press (Quotidien, Magazine, Revue, etc), or which expresses a comment in a broadcast newspaper or televised.

The leader-writer is generally a Journaliste pertaining to the drafting and which is charged to express its position. It can also be a question of a selected personality external for its capacities of analysis (university, writer, political analyst, etc). Its role is to clarify or put in prospect an event for topicality or a tendency, to even reflect the orientation (possibly the color Politique) of the newspaper. It can adopt a personal tone and be critical, unlike the other writers who must apply the principles of Neutralité and of Objectivité.

Its articles is often published in the very first pages of the publication. The topics which it develops can be then detailed in other articles.

The draftsmen of press, whose role is sometimes comparable, can be comparable with leader-writers.

Famous leader-writers

Raymond Aron, leader-writer with the Barber of 1947 to 1977
Hubert Beuve-Méry, which signed between 1944 and 1969 its leading article in Le Monde of the pseudonym of Sirius
Jacques Julliard, leader-writer with the Nouvel Observateur since 1978
Serge July, leader-writer with Libération of 1973 to 2006, with Europe 1 (of 1983 to 1995) and with RTL
Jean-François Kahn, leader-writer with the Event of Thursday (of 1984 with 1996) then with Marianne (as from 1997)
Louis Pauwels, leader-writer of the Barber Magazine of 1978 to 1993
Jean-François Revel, leader-writer of the Not in the years 1980, in Europe 1 (1989-1992) and RTL (1995-1998)

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