Édith Piaf was a French singer, lyricist and actress. Noted as France's national chanteuse, she was one of the country's most widely known international stars.
Philippe Chappuis, better known by his pen name Zep, is a Francophone Swiss cartoonist and illustrator. Zep is mostly known for his comics series Titeuf which he created in 1992, and has become since one of the most popular children's comics in French-speaking countries. He also founded the associated Franco-Belgian comics magazine Tchô!.
Le Grand Journal was a French nightly news and talk show television program that aired on Canal+ every weekday evening from 19:10 to 20:20. It debuted on August 30, 2004 and was created and hosted by Michel Denisot, succeeded by Antoine de Caunes and then later by Maïtena Biraben. Victor Robert took on the reins from 2016 to the program's end in 2017. Originally a one-hour program, it expanded to two hours in 2005. Even though the program was broadcast on the premium channel Canal+, it was a non-encrypted program.
The Albert Londres Prize is the highest French journalism award, named in honor of journalist Albert Londres. Created in 1932, it was first awarded in 1933 and is considered the French equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. Three laureates are awarded each year. The three categories are : "best reporter in the written press", "best audiovisual reporter" and "best reporting book".
Les Pintades is a French thematic travel guide book series targeted towards women. It was created by Layla Demay and Laure Watrin two French journalists. It is currently published by Hachette subsidiary Calmann-Levy.
Layla Demay, also known as Layla Law-Gisiko is a French-American journalist, author, documentary film director and politician. She is the co-author with Laure Watrin of the books series Les Pintades. She is the co-host of the TV series Les Pintades, aired as part of the TV show Les Nouveaux Explorateurs, broadcast on Canal Plus. She is running as a democrat for New York State Assembly in District 75.
Agnès Catherine Poirier is a French journalist, writer and broadcaster.
Stéphane De Groodt is a Belgian comedian, humorist and former racing driver.
Christophe Beaugrand is a French television presenter and journalist.
Louis-Xavier Eyma was a 19th-century French journalist and writer, author, among others, of novels, travel books and theater plays.
Florence Dauchez is a French journalist and TV host.
Laure Murat, born June 4, 1967 in Paris, is a French historian, writer, and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Sophie Bouillon is a French journalist.
Delphine Minoui is a French journalist specializing in the Iranian world.
Maïtena Biraben is a French-Swiss television presenter and producer. She has notably presented on France 5 the program Les Maternelles and on Canal+ La Matinale and Le Supplément. From September 2015 to June 2016, she presented on the same channel Le Grand Journal, succeeding to Antoine de Caunes.
Anne Hugon is a French historian specialising in the history of African exploration.
Laura Haim is a French-American journalist. She was born on May 20, 1966 in Paris, France.
CAPA is a French press agency and production company founded on August 1, 1989, by Hervé Chabalier. It is the largest production company for television reports and documentaries in France. The firm, which is part of Newen since 2011, produces about 150 hours of documentaries and television reports every year. It has 3 subsidiaries: CAPA Presse, CAPA Corporate and CAPA Drama.
Élodie Bernard is a French writer, adventurer and entrepreneur, born in June 1984 in Troyes.
Lisa Mandel is a French bande dessinée comic book author. With Jul Maroh, Mandel co-founded the Collective of female comics creators against sexism (2015). In 2021, Mandel launched the Exemplaire publishing house, with the subtitle, La maison qui édite autrement.
