Marie-Sophie Lacarrau (born 20 September 1975 in

Villefranche-de-Rouergue Villefranche-de-Rouergue (; oc, Vilafranca de Roergue ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Villefranche-de-Rouergue station has rail connections to Toulouse, Figeac and Aurillac. History At the end of the Albigensian ...

Claire Raynaud
« Marie-Sophie Lacarrau : du Capitole à la capitale »
on '' La Dépêche du Midi'', 27 December 2015) 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 ...

and TV presenter.

Biography

Born in the

Aveyron Aveyron (; oc, Avairon; ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyronnais'' (masculine) or ''Aveyronnaises'' (feminine) in French. The inhabitants o ...

, Marie-Sophie Lacarrau grew up near

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

. After high school, she attended a literary college ( lycée Fermat) in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

in 1995, before obtaining a literature degree at the University of Mirail. In 1996, she began internships in the newspapers ''

Midi Libre ''Midi Libre'' () is a French daily newspaper in Montpellier that covers general news. It began publication in 1944. Since 1949, the newspaper has organised a cycling stage race, the Grand Prix du Midi Libre. References External links Web ...

'' and ''Le Villefranchois, '' then the TV channels LCI and M6. In 2000, Marie-Sophie Lacarrau began work at the editing department of France 3 Quercy-Rouergue, then two years later at

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, where she presented her first regional news TV show during the Christmas holidays of 2005. In 2010, she replaced

Catherine Matausch Catherine Matausch (born 5 March 1960) is a French journalist and painter. She began her career in journalism as an intern of the editorial staff at a local newspaper before joining the local news service of France 3. Matausch joined France 3's na ...

on France 3 at weekends and became understudy to Carole Gaessler at the 19/20 national news show.C.L.
« Qui est Marie-Sophie Lacarrau, le visage du nouveau magazine In situ sur France 3 ? »
on ''Télé Loisirs'', 3 February 2016 Since 2016, she has also presented the economy programme ''In Situ'' on France 3. In the fall of 2016, she succeeded

Élise Lucet Élise Lucet (; born 30 May 1963) is a French journalist and television host. Known for her investigative journalism work on shows such as '' Pièces à Conviction'', '' Cash Investigation'' and ''Envoyé spécial'', she has been dubbed France's ...

as presenter of the news show

13 heures ''Journal de 13 heures'' or ''13 heures'' (french: The 1PM Journal, stylized on-screen as ''13h'') is France 2's afternoon news program, seen weekdays at 1:00 pm (13:00) Central European Time in Metropolitan France. It has been broadcast since 1981. ...

on France 2.Benjamin Meffre
« France 2 : Marie-Sophie Lacarrau récupère le 13 Heures »
on '' PureMédias'', 21 June 2016

Personal life

She married Pierre Bascol on 12 August 2006. She has two children.

References

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