Laurent Delahousse

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Laurent Delahousse
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Delahousse in 2013
Born (1969-08-30) 30 August 1969 (age 54)
Croix, France
Occupation(s)Journalist
Documentary filmmaker
Notable credit(s)Le Journal de 20 heures
Un jour, un destin

Laurent Delahousse (born 30 August 1969) is a French journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is best known for hosting the Journal de 20 heures news bulletin and Un jour, un destin biographical show, all on France 2.

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Education

Delahousse holds a master's degree in business and labour law, as well as a DEA in private sector law (the North-American equivalent of which would be an LL.M.).

Career

In 1994, he began his career at RTL, France's number 1 radio, as a political correspondent. In 1996, he joined LCI, TF1's all-news channel. In 1999, he joined M6 as its chief editor and presenter of the newsmagazine De quel droit? (By what right?), followed by Jour J (D-Day).

Since March 2000, he has been co-editor-in-chief and presenter of Secrets de l'actualité (News Secrets). Since 2001, he has also been a presenter for evening news specials such as the one on the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

In September 2006, he joined France 2 where he replaced Carole Gaessler as fellow newspresenter David Pujadas' anchor on the 8pm newscast. [1]

Since January 2007, Delahousse has hosted his own show, Un jour, un destin  [ fr ], a documentary series profiling key figures who have made a lasting impression on the public.

From February to June 2007, he also presented a weekly political show, Un dimanche de campagne.

On 25 February 2007, Laurent Delahousse was chosen to host the week-end news.

Since September 2007, he has been presenting a weekly current affairs show called 13h15.

In 2017-18, Delahousse hosted 19h le dimanche  [ fr ] on Sundays.

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References

  1. "FRANCE 2 – Programmes, vidéos et replay – Pluzz FRANCE 2".