Elsie Etheart (born ) is a Haitian journalist known for founding the newspaper ''

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''. Etheart was born in

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in the early 1940s. She had initially planned to become a doctor but instead studied journalism in Germany. While there, she worked for Voice of Germany in Cologne. She then returned to Haiti, where the news environment was opening slightly after the death of dictator

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She spent ten years reporting for

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. In 1980, Etheart was detained and then expelled by the government of

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along with many of her journalist colleagues. She settled in

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and continued her work as a journalist there. Beginning in 1982, she and her longtime collaborator Marcus Garcia broadcast the news show "Chita Tande" in

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. Also with Garcia, in 1986, she co-founded the newspaper ''

Haïti en Marche ''Haïti en Marche'' (, ) is a weekly newspaper published in Haiti. It was founded in Miami, Florida in 1986 by Elsie Ethéart and Marcus Garcia. References

French-language newspapers published in the United States Haitian-American culture ...

'', which became a trusted source for members of the Haitian diaspora. Etheart served as co-editor of the publication. Due to this work, she was described as one of the "most trusted Haitian journalists in the diaspora." In 1990, she was awarded a

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. In the late 1990s, Etheart was able to return to Haiti and work as a journalist in Port-au-Prince. While there, she helped establish the station Radio Mélodie.{{Cite web , date=2024-01-21 , title=Deuil : décès d'une figure emblématique du secteur agricole, l'Agronome et sociologue Bernard, ETHEART , url=https://promodevhaiti.org/deuil-deces-dune-figure-emblematique-du-secteur-agricole-lagronome-et-sociologue-bernard-etheart/ , access-date=2024-05-07 , website=Promodev , language=fr-FR Until his death in 2024, she was married to the sociologist Emmanuel Bernard Etheart, with whom she had two children.

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Living people Haitian women journalists Women radio journalists Haitian exiles Year of birth missing (living people)