French investigative journalist, Luc is co-director and executive producer of Premières Lignes, a French independent television news agency, producing investigative documentaries for the major French networks and international distribution.
He has produced numerous stories on the pharmaceutical industry, including the controversy surrounding the availability of generic anti-HIV/Aids drugs in developing countries and the dangers of antidepressants. He has covered and investigated the war in Kosovo and Iraq and specialises in investigative documentaries on spin doctors working for politicians or major corporations..
Luc was executive producer and co-anchor of the investigative programme 90 Minutes on French network Canal+. The award-winning monthly investigative programme focused on international controversies, wars and conflicts, multinational corporations, health stories, as well as covering political stories in France.
In 2001, 90 Minutes was the first to launch a financial investigation on Clearstream, the Luxembourg “bank of the banks”.
Luc Hermann has produced numerous stories on the pharmaceutical industry, including the controversy surrounding the availability of generic anti-HIV/Aids drugs in developing countries and the dangers of antidepressants. He has covered and investigated the war in Kosovo and Iraq.
In 2004, with Paul Moreira, he launched a freedom of information act (FOIA) campaign to lobby French politicians. The Campagne Liberté d’Informer has organised many debates in universities and the French Assemblée National, and received the support of hundreds of French journalists, elected officials, lawyers. To date, more than 3,800 signatures have been submitted to the campaign’s website, www.liberte-dinformer.info.
Luc Hermann has been an international reporter with Canal+ for 18 years, before which he was associate producer at CNN International in Atlanta for two years.