Yves Petignat, 1950 - Swiss Press Award

Yves Petignat

Fontenais, 1950

Member of the Jury Swiss Press Text

Yves Petignat, born in 1950 in Porrentruy, is a federal political columnist for Le Temps. He served as a correspondent at the Federal Palace for fifteen years, from 1983 to 1994 and again from 2010 to 2015. He began his career as a local journalist in Delémont before joining L'Illustré, then L'Impartial, and finally Le Nouveau Quotidien, always covering federal politics. He left this field only to serve for six years as spokesperson for the Jura cantonal government, and then as Le Temps' correspondent in Germany. He lives in Porrentruy.

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