Albert Londres
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Albert Londres (1884 - 1932) was a French journalist. One of the inventors of investigative journalism, he criticized the abuses of colonialism such as forced labour in some of his articles. Albert Londres gave his name to a famous journalism prize.
He was born in Vichy and studied in Lyon.
He contributed to the following newspapers:
- Matin
- Le Petit Journal
- Excelsior
- Le Petit Parisien
[edit] Albert Londres award
- Marie-Monique Robin, Voleurs d'yeux, 1995 (on organ theft)
[edit] Bibliography
- Walter Redfern, Writing on the move : Albert Londres and investigative journalism, - Oxford ; Bern ; Berlin ; Brussels ; Frankfurt am Main ; New York ; Wien : Lang, 2004