Florence Dauchez (born 9 November 1964) is a French journalist and

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Biography

After a Master of Law and modern literature, Florence Dauchez began her career in 1986 in the economics department of the newspaper ''

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'' as a trainee journalist, then became a reporter of foreign affairs for TF1. In 1990 she joined FR3 in the economy department of the

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in 1991. After the

ended, Florence Dauchez made a documentary about Algeria. Released on

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, ''Rachida, lettres d'Algérie'' received the

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, the Festival international of Leipzig prize, the Prix Ondas and was even nominated for an

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. After presenting a monthly magazine show, ''Autrement dit, ''and then the editions of the weekend nightly news show on the TV station

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from 1994 to 1997, Florence joined M6 in September 1997 (replacing

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) to host the Sunday investigative reporting show '' Zone Interdite'' during the season 1997/1998. From the end of June 2000, she hosted ''L'enjeu olympique'', a weekly program on

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. After the failure of her bid for the presidency of CPAC (the Parliamentary Channel) in December 2002, Florence Dauchez joined the Franco-German channel

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in January 2004 to present until June 2005 the show ''Le journal de la culture'', alternating presenting the show with Annette Gerlach. From September 2005 to June 2007, Florence Dauchez hosted the show devoted to

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'' + Clair,'' broadcast on the TV channel

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. From September 2006 to June 2008, she also hosted the show ''À juste titre'' on I>Télé, the news and information channel of

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. In September 2007 Florence Dauchez became the chief editor and presenter of ' , a newscast of about twenty minutes, broadcast on Canal + at 18:45 from Monday to Friday, with replacing her from the presentation duties at ''+ Clair''. From September 2008, in an evening news supplement on Canal +, she interviewed, in ''Le grand témoin,'' a guest each evening at 20:45 on i>Télé. Since September 2014 she has hosted the JT Canal + show on the weekends.

Private life

In 1992, she married the journalist Christophe de Ponfilly, who died in 2006. They have a child, born in 1993..

Awards and honours

Prix Albert Londres, Prix Ondas, and Prix du Festival de Leipzig. She also received the

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in 2006.Prize list of the prix Richelieu on the site of l'association Défense de la langue française
Florence Dauchez was named Chevalier l'

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Television

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

: ''Le journal de la nuit'', weekend editions on

* 1997 : ''Autrement dit'' on France 2 * 1997 -

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

: '' Zone interdite'' on M6 *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

: ''L'enjeu olympique'' on

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

: ''Le Journal de la Culture'' on

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* 2005 -

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

: ''+ Clair'' on

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: ''À juste titre'' on i>Télé * September 2007 - June 2014 : ''Le JT'' du Soir on Canal+ * September 2008 - December 2008 : ''Le grand témoin'' on i>Télé * Since September 2014 : ''Le JT'' of the Week-end on Canal+

References

Sources

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Portrait of Florence Dauchez on ToutelaTele.com
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