Paris (AFP)

The 82nd Albert Londres Prize, which rewards the best written and audiovisual report of the year, will be awarded in November in Paris, and not outside France as is often the case "due to current sanitary conditions", announced the 'association.

The exact date and location of the awarding of the most prestigious French-speaking press prize, as well as the Albert Londres book prize, will be announced later.

The Albert Londres association has unveiled the list of articles, films and books pre-selected for the 2020 edition.

For the written press, among the 49 candidates were chosen: Margaux Benn (Le Figaro), Marwan Chahine (L'Orient - Le Jour), Mikaël Corre (La Croix L'hebdo), Louis Imbert (Le Monde), Allan Kaval (Le Monde), Marion Touboul (Revue XXI) and Marine Turchi (Médiapart).

"Without having accepted the collective candidacy of Le Monde on feminicides, the preselection committee would nevertheless like to salute the excellent quality of the survey conducted by: Julie Bienvenu, Yann Bouchez, Nicolas Chapuis, Lorraine de Foucher, Zineb Dryef, Jérémie Lamothe and Faustine Vincent ", underlines the association.

"Collective press projects represent an undeniable development in the profession which, without denying the journalist's individual signature, makes it possible to wear the pen in another way," she remarks.

For the fourth book prize, among 17 candidates were nominated: Jean-Loup Adénor and Timothée de Rauglaudre for "God is love: infiltrated among those who want + to heal + homosexuals" (Flammarion), Clément Brault and Romain Houeix for "L 'Amexique au pied du mur "(Editions Autrement), Cédric Gras for" Alpinistes de Staline "(Editions Stock), Jérôme Lefilliâtre for" Mister K. Small and large affairs by Daniel Kretinsky "(Le Seuil) and Joan Tilouine and Simon Piel for "L'affairiste" (Editions Stock).

For the audiovisual sector, among 52 candidates were chosen: Charles Emptaz - Yemen at forced march (Arte), Jules Giraudat and Arthur Bouvart - Green Blood Project (France 5), Alexandra Jousset - The Afghans, sacrificed in the name of peace ( SVT Sweden, Arte), Sylvain Louvet and Ludovic Gaillard - 7 billion suspects (Arte) and Madeleine Leroyer and Cécile Debarge - Number 387. Disappeared in the Mediterranean (RTBF, Arte).

Last year, Benoît Vitkine, correspondent for the newspaper Le Monde in Russia, won the prize for writing, Marlène Rabaud was distinguished on the audiovisual side for "Congo Lucha" and Feurat Alani won the Book Prize for "Le Parfum from Iraq ".

Created in 1933 in tribute to the French journalist (1884-1932), father of great modern reporting, the prize is endowed with 3,000 euros for each of the laureates, who must be under 41 years old.

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