Gaspard Glanz

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Gaspard Glanz
Gaspard Glanz in 2015
Born (1987-04-22) 22 April 1987 (age 37)
OccupationJournalist
Years active2009–present

Gaspard Glanz (born 22 April 1987) is a French videojournalist.

He manages the website Taranis News, which he founded in 2011.

Early life

Gaspard Glanz was born on 22 April 1987 in Strasbourg, France.[1][2]

He was a student at

University of Rennes 2.[6]

He is an autodidact in journalism.[6] He began his career in 2009 during Strasbourg–Kehl summit.[4]

Career

Gaspard Glanz was the founder in 2011 of information website Taranis News

Yellow vests movement.[8]

Critics question his quality of journalism, in particular the fact that he does not have a

He collaborates as a stringer for online media, such as Rue89 Strasbourg or Reporterre.[10]

During the summer of 2015, he made a film about the exodus of refugees in the Balkans.[8]

In November 2015, while covering a militant action against a bank in collaboration with Rue89 Strasbourg, he was arrested, but refused to give up his images.[11][12]

Arrested in the Calais Jungle in October 2016, he was arrested[13] and prohibited from staying throughout the Pas-de-Calais.[14][15] He learned while in custody that he was the subject of a fiche S.[16] According to the newspaper Le Point, Glanz was "sentenced four times, the last in 2017 for theft by the Boulogne-sur-Mer Criminal Court, while covering the evacuation of the Calais jungle".[17] e is accused of stealing a CRS walkie-talkie that he claims to have picked up from the ground.[4]

In 2017, he received threats on social media, after having said that police officers frequently pose as journalists during demonstrations.[14] He is the subject of a fiche S,[18][19] and denounces a "judicial harassment".[20] In his S sheet, it is noted that he would be "a member of the anarcho-autonomous movement and susceptible to violent action".[17]

In July 2018, images shot by Gaspard Glanz and Clément Lanot entered the record of the parliamentary commission gathered to shed light on the Benalla affair.[21]

References

  1. ^ France, Pierre (22 April 2019). "Le journaliste strasbourgeois Gaspard Glanz arrêté à Paris, en marge de la manifestation des Gilets jaunes". Rue89 (in French).
  2. TéléoObs
    (in French).
  3. ^ "Gilets jaunes : le journaliste Gaspard Glanz sera jugé le 18 octobre". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (in French). 22 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Zagdoun, Benoît (22 April 2019). ""Gilets jaunes" : le journaliste indépendant Gaspard Glanz, arrêté samedi à Paris, est-il fiché S ?". France Info (in French).
  5. ^ "Prison avec sursis et amende requises contre Gaspard Glanz". 20 Minutes (in French). 9 February 2007.
  6. ^
    TéléObs
    (in French). 28 May 2016.
  7. ^ Statius, Tomas (4 April 2016). "Gaspard Glanz, le journaliste préféré de la génération Nuit Debout". StreetPress (in French).
  8. ^ a b Boursier, Hugo (12 July 2017). "Gaspard Glanz, caméra au poing". Politis (in French).
  9. ^ Coquaz, Vincent (23 April 2019). "Gaspard Glanz est-il vraiment journaliste, même sans carte de presse ?". Libération CheckNews (in French).
  10. ^ Vaudano, Maxime; Breteau, Pierre (23 April 2019). "Arrestation de Gaspard Glanz : pourquoi les journalistes indépendants sont-ils plus vulnérables ?". Le Monde.
  11. ^ France, Pierre (6 November 2015). "Après une action de militants contre une banque, la police arrête… un journaliste". Rue89 (in French).
  12. ^ Chapelle, Sophie (10 November 2015). "Garde à vue pour un journaliste refusant de donner ses images". Basta ! (in French).
  13. ^ Mouillard, Sylvain (1 December 2016). "Gaspard Glanz : "On veut nous tuer économiquement et me rendre fou"". Libération (in French).
  14. ^ a b Urbach, Emilien (28 March 2017). "Gaspard Glanz, le journaliste " à tuer direct "". L'Humanité (in French).
  15. ^ "Le pouvoir s'acharne contre le journaliste Gaspard Glanz". Reporterre (in French). 6 May 2017.
  16. ^ Haddad, Marie-Pierre (15 December 2016). "Comment un journaliste a découvert qu'il était fiché S". RTL (in French).
  17. ^ a b Zemouri, Aziz (22 April 2019). "Gaspard Glanz, journaliste ou black bloc ?". Le Point (in French).
  18. ^ Gramaglia, Juliette (21 April 2019). "Gaspard Glanz est "interdit de paraître à Paris" tous les samedis". Arrêt sur images (in French).
  19. ^ Satius, Tomas; Fohlen, Corentin (4 April 2017). "Journalisme en état d'urgence". StreetPress (in French).
  20. ^ "Gaspard Glanz de Taranis News se dit victime d'un harcèlement judiciaire". Les Inrockuptibles (in French).
  21. ^ Maire, Jérémie (24 July 2018). "Les journalistes au cœur des manifs, témoins essentiels de l'affaire Benalla". Télérama (in French).

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