The former assistant editor and vice-president of information at Press, Éric Trottier, will join the journal The sun in January as general manager.
The daily made the announcement on Wednesday, after the unanimous approval of his candidacy by the members of the Coop’s board of directors. The sun Tuesday. He will take office on January 17, replacing Gilles Carignan.
In an interview with Sun, Éric Trottier insisted on the importance of digital technology. “A digital shift never stops,” he said.
He also sang the praises of the cooperative model. “The idea of being able to be in a news company where the profits are not paid to the shareholders, but are rather reinvested in the product by the development or the hiring of journalists, is something extraordinary”, a- he said.
” Two years ago, The sun was in dire straits. The current team pulled the journal out of the doldrums and put it back on track. Today, the position of Sun seems solid to me, but the work is not done ”, he added.
Éric Trottier is therefore making a comeback in the world of information after taking a sabbatical year, during which he traveled to Africa. He entered as a journalist at Press in 1990 and will have worked there for thirty years.
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