Michel Leroy
Education
- Since July 2018 Medas21 PhD Fellow (including an online course on sustainable communication, Jönköping University, Sweden)
- 2016: "Polls and surveys’ methodologies", Mooc, ULB Brussels University, Belgium
- 2015: "Project management", Mooc, Ecole centrale de Lille, France
- 1995: Lille (France) journalism school Master-like diploma in journalism
Scientific work experience
- 2017-2018: contributor for Aachen-based Cameco’s "Litt List" newsletter
- 2011: lecturer at the Paris-based Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences)
- 2008-2010: student assistance and tutoring at ISCPA, IGS group (member of the jury for ssessing the journalism student’s final bachelor dissertation)
- 2005-2008: Students supervision as top executive at Paris-based Centre de formation et de perfectionnement des journalists (Centre for the Training and Development of Journalists)
- 1993: Commented edition of Journal d’un voyage jusqu’à la Méditerranée (1772-1776), directed by Henri Duranton et Christiane Lauvergnat-Gagnière, University of Saint-Etienne Publishing House, 1993
Latest experience as a consultant
- 2019: Evaluation of the social impact of the "Rural Factories" project (France), Interim evaluation of the RFI Planète radio Decentralised Communication Network projectin the DRC
- 2018: Research-studies on journalism training and the future of the written press in Tunisia (Media Up EU project, Particip) - Baseline study of the network of diocesan Catholic radios in Haiti for Adveniat and a coordination of Catholic donors
- 2017: Mid-term review of Reporters without borders’ three-year project in ODA countries
- 2016: Strategic assessment of the French government’s scholarships (2004-2014), French ministry of Foreign Affairs
Work experience as a journalist
- 2011-2015: Investigation, preparation and shooting on two 52-minute films for Chasseur d’Etoiles production company
- 2009-2012: blogger and investigator on French university reforms (Universités : enquête sur le grand chambardement, Autrement publishing house, Paris, Apr. 2011)
- 2000: Jean-Luc-Lagardère Foundation Award
- 1996-2002: Sub-Editor and Business Writer for Le Figaro daily and free-lancer for various dailies, weeklies and magazines
- 1998-1999: Agence France Presse’s stringer (Hanoi bureau, Vietnam)
International experience
- 2002-2008: Lille (2002-2005) and Paris (2005-2008) journalism school’s International Department Director
- 1998-1999: Project Manager to establish a Vientiane-based French-language weekly (Laos)
- 1995-1996: Lecturer at Cairo University (Egypt) and Journalism Adviser for a French-language daily (Al-Goumhouriya group)
Language Skills
- French (mother tongue)
- English (working language)
- German & Arabic (basics)
PhD Project
“Interrelations between community radios' sustainability and professionalization in development contexts – a comparative study in the DRC and
Uganda.”
Learn more about the project here.
Supervisors
Prof Susanne Fengler, Erich Brost Institute, TU Dortmund
Prof Marie-Soleil Frère, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Publications
- Results-Oriented Evaluations: Their Uses, Their Limits and How They are Driving Implementers‘ Coping Strategies, Global Media Journal, 2014, http://bit.ly/15szUNy
- "Focus on France: French Research In Transition" (Science, 26 September 2008, 1857-1860), https://bit.ly/2q3wRqC
Presentations
- Leroy, Michel. (2021, September 6-9): In Future We Trust: Sustainability of community radio in developing countries and its interaction with professionalization [Paper presentation]. 8th European Communication Conference, Braga.
- Leroy, Michel. (2020, July): Proximity Radio Stations: Sustainability or Pragmatic Viability? [Respondent]. IAMCR 2020 Online Conference.
Memberships