[5] During his studies he worked as a freelancer for La Dépêche du Midi[2] as well as for the regional editorial team of 20 minutes,[6][7] in 2009 Clement was awarded the François Chalais Prize for young reporters.

[8][9][10] In 2010 he joined the Lille School of Journalism from which he graduated in 2012,[4] receiving the Jean d'Arcy bursary which also included a contract with French public TV channel France 2.

[20] 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.

This year, the Minister of Armed Forces Jean-Yves Le Drian cumulated his ministerial function and his presidency of the regional council of Brittany, when he had publicly promised not to hold office.

[26][27] This controversy makes some media react, putting in parallel the threats of the minister and the freedom of the press,[28] which has barely escaped a stricter supervision, in the framework of the state of emergency in France.

[30] 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.

[35] Among the people who participated in the financing of its media Vakita [fr] is the Groupe Artémis founded by François Pinault but also Mediawan (whose founders are Pierre-Antoine Capton, Xavier Niel and Matthieu Pigasse).

[37] 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.