- René Mailhot
René Mailhot (
1942 /1943 -April 28 ,2007 ) was a Canadianjournalist from the province ofQuebec . He began his career at the age of twenty with the French-language newspaperLe Droit , published inOttawa . Afterwards, Mailhot went into public television inMoncton, New Brunswick .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 theMiddle East . He reported on many major events, including the breakdown of theUSSR , the fall of theBerlin Wall , the civil war inMozambique ,apartheid inSouth Africa , and theIslamic Revolution inIran . On the local level, he was active during theOctober crisis inQuebec . He also observed the divergence betweenRené Lévesque andPierre Bourgault , two of the most prominent supporters of Quebec independence. He later became the international relations specialist atRadio 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.External links
* [http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2007/04/29/001-deces-rene-mailhot.shtml Obituary] from "Radio Canada" fr
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