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Hugo Clément (born 1989, in Strasbourg, France) is a French journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker. He is best known for his work in investigative journalism and his efforts to raise environmental awareness in France.[1]
At the end of 2015 Clément left France 2 for Le Petit Journal then in 2016 followed Yann Barthes to Quotidien on TMC and TF1.[16] In 2017 he left Quotidien for French pop-culture publisher Konbini.[16] In 2019 he returned to France 2.[17]
Bangumi (who produces Quotidien) announced in mid-November 2017 that Hugo Clément would leave the show during the last show before the winter break at the end of December. The latter will join Konbini, where he will devote himself to political news through video editing.[18] It remains active until mid-2019.[19]
In December 2018, in collaboration with the L214 association, he presented a video shot in a slaughterhouse that kills racehorses after their equestrian career is over, including Pariflash, a known trotter who won more than €170,000 in races.[20]
Positions
Clément became known for his reporting style and his positions on social and environmental issues, having produced documentaries covering topics like climate change, biodiversity, and plastic pollution.[1]
He is the author of Comment j'ai arrêté de manger les animaux (How I Stopped Eating Animals), where he shares his experience as an activist vegan, Journal de guerre écologique (Ecological War Journal), recounting his meetings with environmental activists, and, in 2023, Le théorème du Vaquita (The Vaquita Theorem). In addition to his journalistic work, Clément actively supports organisations such as WWF and Greenpeace and campaigns for ecology and animal protection.[1]
Hugo Clément is sent to Rennes to question the minister on this subject. Accusing the journalist of filming his home and thereby compromising his safety and that of his family, Jean-Yves Le Drian publicly stated, "Le Petit Journal crossed the yellow line."[22][23]
The journalist responds by defending the minister’s accusations, stating that he did not film the home, but only the soldiers posted in front of it, and as part of the Vigipirate plan—after showing them his press card.[24]
Burkina Faso
On 19 November 2017, he announced via Twitter that the convoy of the delegation carrying Emmanuel Macron then on the move in Burkina Faso was curbed by a hundred individuals. The information turns out to be false, he deletes his tweet and apologizes in the process.[25]
Nassira El Moaddem
At the beginning of December 2017, journalist Nassira El Moaddem accused Hugo Clément and Martin Weill of making a hoax, which she describes as «harassment», and of having, through a group, given him the nickname «Saddam» which she considers «racist», when they were students together in 2012 at the Lille School of Journalism.[26]
An official in charge of the school, contacted by Libération, as well as the former director of the time, Marc Capelle,[27][28][29] confirm the facts even if no sanction had been taken.[26]
According to Le Parisien, Hugo Clément is widely criticized by the left and environmentalists after his participation in this debate.[31] The rebellious France MP Nadège Abomangoli accuses him of ecofascism and the Europe Ecology MP The Greens Aurélien Taché accuses him of being an ecologist guarantor to the far right.[30]
In an interview for L'informé, Hugo Clément indicates that “Xavier, Marc (Editor’s note: Simoncini) or Jacques-Antoine, may sometimes use private planes, it is their choice, but they put their networks, their notoriety and their financial means at the service of many environmental fights [...] exemplars. I’m not either. But they change, and they commit, when they might decide to do nothing.”[33]
In February 2024, he exhibited with Nagui chicken corpses on the esplanade of Trocadero in Paris, to denounce the practices of intensive breeding.[34][35]
In June 2024, he was sued by Willy Schraen [fr] for defamation. Hugo Clément had called him «mafia brandishing the threat of civil war to prevent any regulation of his activity».[36]
Works
Clément, Hugo (2019). Comment j'ai arrêté de manger les animaux. Paris: Éditions du Seuil. ISBN978-2-02-141759-3.
Clément, Hugo (2020). Journal de guerre écologique. Paris: Fayard. ISBN978-2-213-71703-6.
Clément, Hugo (2022). Les lapins ne mangent pas de carottes. Paris: Fayard. ISBN978-2-213-71712-8.
Clément, Hugo; Mermoux, Dominique; Ravalec, Vincent (2023). Le théorème du Vaquita. Paris: Fayad Graffik. ISBN978-2-213-72584-0.
