Career
He is a columnist for Le Journal de Montréal newspaper. His columns also appear in the Infopresse and Elle Québec magazines. He also hosts Franchement Martineau, a public affairs programme which airs on Le Canal Nouvelles.
Since 1998, he has co-hosted Télé-Québec"s Les Francs-tireurs, first with Benoit Dutrizac and Laurent Saulnier, and since 2006 with Louisiana Presse journalist Patrick Lagacé.
Richard Martineau became known for his column "Ondes de choc" (English: shockwave), which appeared in the Montreal weekly newspaper Voir until 1996. Martineau has also participated in evening debates on Télévision Quatre-Saisons, and was the moderator of those debates between May and September 2006.
He hosted a radio programme until 2007. In 2003, he was invited as a special guest to Montreal Pride.
Martineau was born in Verdun on July 23, 1961 to a French mother (born 1940) and an American father (born 1934).
He previously lived with fellow journalist Nathalie Collard, with whom he has two daughters.