Jacqueline Baudrier
Jacqueline Hélène Baudrier (born Jacqueline Vibert"," 16 March 1922 – 2 April 2009) was a French radio and television journalist, UNESCO ambassador and in 1975 became President-General Director of Radio France. Early life. Baudrier was born Jacqueline Vibert on 16 March 1922 in Beaufai, Orne, France. Career. Baudrier began her career at Radio Guadaloupe in 1948 before moving to RTF (for Radiodiffusion télévision française) in 1950. From 1950 to 1960, she held numerous posts in print, radio and television for RTF. As a foreign policy columnist for the Spoken Newspapers, she became known as a voice of French  radio on "News from Paris" to "Paris Inter," which became "France Inter." Later as a television journalist (1960-1962), she presented the news on <nowiki>"</nowiki>France Inter.<nowiki>"</nowiki> From that time on, she assumed positions of increasing responsibility in journalism. According to one biography, while working at Radio France she improved the status of women by "contributing to the presence of 42 percent of women in Radio France, including key positions… the orchestras of Radio France stand out with 31 percent women." Debate moderator. In 1974, she was one of two moderators of the first nationally televised debate  between two presidential candidates (Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and François Mitterrand) during the final round of a national election. Her co-host was journalist Alain Duhamel. Baudrier called it a "great event without precedent on French television." At the time, the two candidates were tied in popular polling; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing later won that election. Television producer. Baudrier was listed as a producer for episodes in French of "Le Troisième Oeil" (1971), the short documentary film "Jeanne Raconte Jeanne" (1970) and parts of the television series "Le grand échiquier" (1972). Personal life. Baudrier studied history at the Sorbonne in Paris. She  was married first to Maurice Baudrier and then to journalist Roger Perriard. She was also known as Jacqueline Baudrier-Perriard. She died in Paris in 2 April 2009 at the age of 87. Honors and distinctions. This list includes some of Baudrier's honors and awards. Recipient of the Maurice Bourdet Prize (1960), Ondas International Prize (1969), Unda Prize (1972), and Louise Weiss Foundation Prize (1997).