Carole Gaessler (born 23 February 1968) is a French

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

. Since September 2010 she has presented the Monday to Thursday editions of ''19/20'', the main evening news bulletin of France 3.

Biography

After a preparatory literature class and studying classics at

La Sorbonne , image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and a ...

, she continued her studies at the IUT de journalisme de Bordeaux. Still young for a journalist, she took her first job, while still a student, at the '' Républicain lorrain''. From 1990 to 1991, she worked at RTL TV at

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

(now

RTL9 RTL9 is a French-language Luxembourgish television channel shown in Luxembourg, France, Monaco, Africa and the French-speaking regions of Switzerland. History of the channel Télé-Luxembourg On 1 July 1954, CLR (Compagnie Luxembourgeoise ...

) where she worked as an editor for France 3 Lorraine Champagne-Ardenne. In 1996, Carole Gaessler worked on ''Soir 3'' presented by

Henri Sannier Henri Sannier (born 7 September 1947) is a French sports journalist and television presenter. Life and career Henri Sannier was born in Puteaux in the department of Hauts-de-Seine. He graduated at the École supérieure de journalisme de Paris ...

France 3 France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5 and France Info. It is made up of a network of regional television services providing ...

. Between 1998 and 2000, she presented the lunchtime news bulletin '' 13 heures'' on

France 2 France 2 () is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4 and France 5. France Télévisions also participates in Arte and Euronews. Since 3:20 CET on 7 ...

together with

Rachid Arhab Rachid Arhab (born 26 June 1955 in Larbaâ Nath Irathen in Algeria) is a French journalist and a member of the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA). Early life Born on 26 June 1955 in Fort-National (now named Larbaâ Nath Irathen), in a mou ...

. After two years in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, she became in February 2003 the substitute anchor for

David Pujadas David Pujadas (, , ; born 2 December 1964) is a French journalist and television host. A news presenter for TF1's LCI daily news programme, ''24H Pujadas,'' at 18:00 CET, he was an anchorman on France 2's weeknight newscast, ''Le Journal de ...

on the weekday editions of France 2's evening news programme ''20 heures'', a position she held until August 2006. During this period, Gaessler co-hosted election night coverage of the 2004 French regional and

cantonal The 26 cantons of Switzerland (german: Kanton; french: canton ; it, cantone; Sursilvan and Surmiran: ; Vallader and Puter: ; Sutsilvan: ; Rumantsch Grischun: ) are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Con ...

elections alongside

Daniel Bilalian Daniel Bilalian (born 10 April 1947) is a French journalist, news anchor and television presenter. Life and career Daniel Bilalian was born in Paris and is of Armenian descent. After studying law, he became a journalist at the ''Union de Reims' ...

and, with David Pujadas, live coverage of the result of the French European Constitution referendum in 2005. At the end of 2004, Gaessler also presented the magazine programme on France 2 ''Immersion Totale'', in which three teams were immersed in a public place to watch, listen to, and film anonymous men and women and discussing their "reel heroes". At the same time, she presented ''La France en héritage'', a special show on France 2, dedicated to French history for the

European Heritage Days European Heritage Days (EHD) is a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission involving all 50 signatory states of the European Cultural Convention under the motto, ''Europe: a common heritage''. The annual programme offers o ...

. Gaessler later became the

editor in chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

and presenter of the weekly

consumer A consumer is a person or a group who intends to order, or uses purchased goods, products, or services primarily for personal, social, family, household and similar needs, who is not directly related to entrepreneurial or business activities. T ...

news magazine '' C'est notre affaire'' on

France 5 France 5 () is a French free-to-air public television channel, part of the France Télévisions group. Principally featuring educational programming, the channel's motto is ''la chaîne de la connaissance et du savoir'' (the knowledge network). ...

. In September 2008, she succeeded

Marie Drucker Marie Drucker (born 3 December 1974) is a French journalist, author, television and radio personality. Early life The daughter of Jean Drucker, a French television executive, and a niece of Michel Drucker, a television journalist, she was educa ...

as presenter of ''

Soir 3 ''Soir 3'' (literally Evening 3) was the late-night newscast of the French public television network France 3. The program, FR3's first national news bulletin, was launched in 1978 by its then head of news Jean-Marie Cavada. The bulletin was show ...

'' from Mondays to Thursdays on France 3. Claire Fournier replaced her as the host of ''C'est notre affaire''. Julien Bellver
TELE pour France 5"">"Claire Fournier quitte i>TELE pour France 5"
on Ozap.com, 10 July 2008 In September 2010, she succeeded Laurent Bignolas as presenter of '' 19/20'' from Mondays to Thursdays on France 3.

Private life

Carole Gaessler has a daughter (born in 1999) and a son (born in 2004).

Awards

* 10 January 1999 : elected "Femme en Or 99", communication category, in

Courchevel Courchevel () is a French Alps ski resort. It is a part of Les Trois Vallées, the largest linked ski areas in the world. Courchevel also refers to the towns of Courchevel 1300 (Le Praz), Courchevel 1550, Courchevel 1650 (Moriond), and Cou ...

. * April 2000 : elected honorary president of the Association of former students of Charlemagne School in

Thionville Thionville (; ; german: Diedenhofen ) is a city in the northeastern French department of Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz. History Thionville was settled as early as the time of th ...

(

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...

). * 22 October 2000 : Awards in the 14th ''

7 d'or The ''7 d'Or'' or ''Sept d'Or'' ( French for "Seven of Gold" or "Golden Seven") was a French television production award (similar in nature to the Emmy Awards), presented by '' Télé 7 Jours'' (a weekly French magazine with listings of TV show ...

''.

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaessler, Carole 1968 births Living people People from Thionville French television journalists French women journalists French television presenters French women television presenters French people of German descent Pantheon-Sorbonne University alumni