Claire Chazal () (born 1 December 1956) is a French
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 ...
, romance writer, and former director of news at a national television station,
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 A ...
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She had been the weekend news anchor at
TF1 beginning in 1991, and gave her final broadcast at the station on September 13, 2015;
Anne-Claire Coudray, who had often substituted for her when she was absent, was announced as her replacement. Between 2010 and 2015, she had also been the host of ''Reportage'' at 1.30pm, after the news.
She used to host ''Je/nous de Claire'' a talk-show on the gay television channel
Pink TV that she helped start in 2004. (The title of this show puns on ''Le Genou de Claire,'' a French film known in English as ''
Claire's Knee
''Claire's Knee'' (french: Le Genou de Claire) is a 1970 French drama film directed by Éric Rohmer. It is the fifth movie in the series of the ''Six Moral Tales''.
Plot
The story happens between 29 June and 29 July, presumably in 1970. Intertit ...
.'')
Chazal obtained an
HEC School of Management
HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fin ...
diploma.
External links
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Profile at imédias website
1956 births
Living people
People from Thiers
French journalists
French women journalists
French television presenters
French women television presenters
French television journalists
HEC Paris alumni
French Confederation of Christian Workers members
Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
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