What is Jos Huypens?
{{Infobox person | name = Jos Huypens | image = | caption = | birth_name = Jos Maria Alfons Huypens | birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|3|7|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Geel]], Belgium | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|29|1948|3|7|df=y}} | death_place = [[Leuven]], Belgium | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Belgian | occupation = journalist | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Jos Maria Alfons Huypens''' (7 March 1948 – 29 November 2022) was a Belgian [[journalist]], [[contributing editor]] and [[docent]].<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20221129_97518037 |title=Oud-hoofdredacteur Jos Huypens (74) overleden|work=[[Gazet van Antwerpen]]|date=29 November 2022|access-date=29 November 2022|language=nl}}</ref> He was [[editor-in-chief]] of ''[[Gazet van Antwerpen]]'' newspaper between 1991 and 1996. ==Biography== Huypens studied communication sciences at the [[KU Leuven]]. He became a [[Doctor (title)|doctor]] in social sciences in 1971, with specializing in communication sciences. He started his career at ''[[Gazet van Antwerpen]]'' in [[Leuven]], where he became office superior in 1978. He moved to Antwerp, where he headed the Antwerp editorial office of Gazet van Antwerpen and became in 1985 deputy editor-in-chief. In December 1991 he became editor-in-chief of this newspaper, succeeding [[Lou De Clerck]].<ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.tijd.be/algemeen/algemeen/jos-huypens-hoofdredakteur-gva/5063299.html |title=Jos Huypens hoofdredakteur GvA|work=[[De Tijd]]|date=4 December 1991|access-date=30 November 2022|language=nl}}</ref> In 1996 he was succeeded by [[Luc Van Loon]].<ref>[[Gaston Durnez|DURNEZ Gaston]]; [https://nevb.be/wiki/Gazet_van_Antwerpen Gazet van Antwerpen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130102628/https://nevb.be/wiki/Gazet_van_Antwerpen |date=2022-11-30 }}; [[Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging]]; [[Lannoo]]</ref> Until 2013 he was senior lecturer (in Dutch: {{ill|hoofddocent|nl}}) in communication sciences at the [