Michel Alberganti

{{Short description|French radio producer and writer (1955–2021)}}

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Michel Alberganti (25 May 1955 – 15 March 2021) was a French radio producer, writer, and journalist.{{cite web|url=https://www.babelio.com/auteur/Michel-Alberganti/71677|title=Michel Alberganti|work=Babelio|language=French}}{{cite web|url=https://www.archyde.com/death-of-michel-alberganti-former-journalist-at-le-monde/|title=Death of Michel Alberganti, former journalist at "Le Monde"|date=24 March 2021|work=Archyde}}

Biography

Alberganti graduated from the Arts et Métiers ParisTech in 1974. An engineer in his early career, he travelled to Sudan, where he worked on local solar energy production. He then joined the Bureau Veritas, where he held responsibility for the certification of gas transport vessels.{{cite web|url=http://alberganti.com/RobotsProfs/auteur.html|title=Michel Alberganti|work=Michel Alberganti|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630104049/http://alberganti.com/RobotsProfs/auteur.html|archivedate=30 June 2017}} He began his journalistic career in 1983 with the technology magazine {{ill|Industrie et Technologies|fr}} before joining Les Echos and L'Usine nouvelle.{{cite web|url=http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-culture2/emissions/science_frictions/bio.php?bio=1|title=Michel Alberganti|work=France Culture|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230211512/http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-culture2/emissions/science_frictions/bio.php?bio=1|archivedate=30 December 2006}}

Alberganti became a scientific journalist for Le Monde in 1995, for which he wrote a number of articles and dossiers. From 2003 to 2006, he worked for the France Culture radio show Science frictions. In May 2010, he created a blog titled En quête de science on France Culture.

Michel Alberganti died of cancer on 18 March 2021 at the age of 65.{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/03/23/mort-de-michel-alberganti-ancien-journaliste-au-monde_6074199_3382.html|title=Mort de Michel Alberganti, ancien journaliste au " Monde "|date=23 March 2021|work=Le Monde|language=French}}

Publications

Le multimédia, la révolution au bout des doigts (1997)
À l'école des robots ? : l'informatique, l'école et vos enfants (2000)
Sous l'œil des puces : la RFID et la démocratie (2007)
La RFID : quelles menaces, quelles opportunités ? (2008)

References

Category:1955 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:French radio producers

Category:French journalists

Category:Deaths from cancer in France