Judith Jasmin
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Judith Jasmin (July 10, 1916 - October 20, 1972) was a journalist from Quebec. Born in Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada, she was the first woman from Quebec to become a grand reporter ("grand reporter" is a senior title in the French-speaking media).
She started her career at Radio-Canada towards the end of the 1940's as an international correspondent.
She co-hosted a radio program with René Lévesque called Carrefour ("Crossroads"). In 1953, began a TV program entitled Reportage ("Reporting") and Conférence de presse ("Press Conference").
She took to the streets to listen to people in order to denounce injustices. She was one of the founding members of the mouvement laïque de langue française (roughly translated, "The Movement Secular of the French Language").
She spent the next few years of her life abroad in order to meet famous figures of the times and share her experiences with them with the Quebec public. Even though she often faced many obstacles in the course of her work, her talent and determination allowed her to become a grand reporter.
In 1966, she was named foreign correspondent for Radio-Canada for the United Nations, then for Washington, D.C.
After being diagnosed with cancer, she returned to Montreal in 1970 where, despite her illness, she continued to report on public affairs.
She died in Montreal in 1972.
