Johanne Sutton (1 December 1966 – 11 November 2001) was a French radio reporter and
journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...
.
Early life and education
Born in
Casablanca, Morocco
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econo ...
, she graduated from the
École supérieure de journalisme de Lille The École supérieure de journalisme (ESJ Lille) (in English: ''Superior School of Journalism of Lille'') is an institution of higher education, a French '' Grande École'' in Lille dedicated to journalism and related studies. It has been elected b ...
in 1990 and began working for
Radio France International in 1991.
[A NATION CHALLENGED: THE NEWS MEDIA; Two French Radio Journalists and a German Are Killed in Taliban Ambush of a Rebel Force]
''The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
'', November 13, 2001 Sutton had covered conflicts in
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
,
Macedonia, and the
Middle East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (Europ ...
, though she specialized in
investigative reporting
Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years res ...
.
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]
Death
Sutton, along with fellow French journalist Pierre Billaud and German journalist Volker Handloik
Volker Handloik (19 July 1961 – 11 November 2001) was a German freelance journalist and reporter. Born in Rostock, East Germany, he worked for the Hamburg-based '' Stern'' for 10 years and also did some correspondence for newspapers, journ ...
, was killed in an ambush in Dashti Qaleh, Takhar Province
Takhar (Dari , Farsi/Pashto: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeast of the country next to Tajikistan. It is surrounded by Badakhshan in the east, Panjshir in the south, and Baghlan and Kunduz in the w ...
, Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
on 11 November 2001.[ The trio were travelling on a Northern Alliance armoured personnel carrier when they came under attack by ]Taliban
The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pasht ...
troops with machine guns and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.[ Australian journalist ]Paul McGeough
Paul McGeough is an Irish Australian journalist and senior foreign correspondent for ''The Sydney Morning Herald''.
In 2001, when covering events in Afghanistan with the Northern Alliance, he and French journalist Véronique Reyberotte survive ...
and French journalist Véronique Reyberotte survived the attack.[ According to Reyberotte Billaud and Sutton jumped off the tank.][
]
Reaction
Former French president Jacques Chirac and former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin
Lionel Robert Jospin (; born 12 July 1937) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002.
Jospin was First Secretary of the Socialist Party from 1995 to 1997 and the party's candidate for President of France in ...
praised Sutton and Billaud for their courage.[
]
See also
* List of journalists killed during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
References
External links
TopYaps: 10 Journalists Who Died in the Line of Duty
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1966 births
2001 deaths
Women war correspondents
French war correspondents
Journalists killed while covering the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Women in 21st-century warfare
Women in war in South Asia
French women writers
20th-century French journalists
20th-century French women