Pierre Haski

went on a number of international assignments, corresponding from South Africa, Jerusalem (1993–1995), and China (2000–2005), and serving as head of the foreign correspondent division from 1995 to 2000. He was stationed in Beijing from 2000 through 2005, during which he posted a blog on the newspaper's website, Mon Journal de Chine ("My Journal from China"), which access was blocked by the Chinese authorities. During his time in China, he came across the diary of a schoolgirl in a remote province, which he edited and published in the West as The Diary of Ma Yan. From January 2006 to 2007, he was deputy chief-editor of Libération.

In the turmoil of the crisis at Libération, he resigned from his functions in 2007 and co-founded, in March 2007, the Internet newspaper Rue 89, along with Arnaud Aubron, Michel Lévy-Provençal, Laurent Mauriac, Nicole Pénicaut and Pascal Riché. In September 2007, he also worked for Europe 1 radio.

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