Gilles Jacquier

Gilles Jacquier
Born(1968-10-25)25 October 1968
Évian-les-Bains, France
Died11 January 2012(2012-01-11) (aged 43)
Homs, Syria
Cause of deathRocket attack
NationalityFrench
EducationESRA
OccupationPhotojournalist
PartnerCaroline Poiron
ChildrenApoline and Cloée (born 2010)

Gilles Jacquier (25 October 1968[1] – 11 January 2012) was a French photojournalist and reporter for France Télévisions. Jacquier worked as a special correspondent for Envoyé spécial, one of France's best known documentary programs which airs on France 2.[2] He had a successful career, has covered major international military conflicts and won many awards during his life.[3] He was killed on 11 January 2012 while covering the ongoing Syrian Civil War in Homs, Syria.[2] Jacquier was the first Western journalist killed in Syria since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War.[4]

  1. ^ "Gilles Jacquier, un baroudeur qui avait "horreur de la guerre"". TF1 News (in French). 13 January 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b Chrisafis, Angelique (11 January 2012). "French TV journalist killed in Homs". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Award-winning French Journalist Gilles Jacquier Killed in Syria". International Business Times. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Syrie : le journaliste Gilles Jacquier, de France 2, tué à Homs". Le Parisien (in French). 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.