Sonia Devillers

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Sonia Devillers
Born (1975-01-31) 31 January 1975 (age 49)
Les Lilas, Paris, France
Alma mater Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
OccupationJournalist

Sonia Devillers (born 31 January 1975 in Les Lilas) is a French journalist, writer, columnist, and radio host, primarily on France Inter. She has long specialized in media analysis, notably with the program "L'instant M," and has been conducting interviews during France Inter's morning show since the start of the 2022 school year. She also hosts "Le Dessous des images" in the daily news segment from 7 PM to 9 PM on Arte . [1]

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Biography

Family

Her parents, Christian Devillers and Marina, are both architects. Her maternal grandparents, the Sanielevici, along with her mother at the age of fourteen, fled communist Romania in 1961, an experience she recounts in her book Les Exportés. [2] [3]

Education

Sonia Devillers grew up in Vincennes and studied literature and philosophy in preparatory classes. She later pursued philosophy at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, dedicating her master's and advanced studies theses to Bergson, particularly following the work of art history professor Anne Moeglin-Delcroix. She began a doctoral thesis before leaving academia to become a journalist. [4] [5] [6]

Career

Coming from a left-leaning family, she joined the editorial team of Le Figaro, a right-leaning newspaper, in 1999, initially working in the "Culture" section and then in the "Media and Communication" section of "Figaro Économie," where she stayed for ten years.

From 2005, she also worked in radio, holding a weekly column on "Service public," hosted by Isabelle Giordano, focusing on consumer, economic, and social issues. She provided economic commentary and cultural highlights on "Le Mouv’." [7]

In 2011, she joined the team of "Les Affranchis" on France Inter, alongside Marie Colmant, André Manoukian, and Daniel Morin, airing from 11 AM to 12:30 PM. That summer, she produced her first show on France Inter, "Le Grand Bain," which aired weekdays at 9:10 AM, covering contemporary issues. The show ran for four consecutive summers until 2014 and was later extended to a weekly format.

After the summer format, Sonia Devillers began daily broadcasts on France Inter with "L'Instant M," which aired from 9:40 AM to 10 AM and focused on media news. The audience for "L'Instant M" grew, surpassing a million listeners from 2019, and it continued for nine seasons until 2022. [8] [9]

During this period, she contributed to the 5-7 segment of France Inter until 2017 with her "L’Instant Télé" column and later became a columnist for the 7-9 segment from 2018 to 2022, offering her "Édito M" commentary. [10] [11]

Starting in September 2022, she began a new interview segment in the morning show, featuring guest profiles that reflect contemporary society. This segment quickly became a leading radio program, attracting 1.5 million listeners daily. [12]

In late July 2023, she was announced as the host of "L’Invité du 7h50," replacing Léa Salamé. This 10-minute interview segment, airing Monday to Thursday, is central to France Inter's morning show, the most listened to in France in 2023. [13]

Additionally, since late 2022, Sonia Devillers has joined Arte, where she hosts "Le Dessous des images," a program that analyzes current images and their context. Initially available on arte.tv starting in November 2022, it began airing on Arte from 11 April 2023. [14] [15]

Personal life

She has been in a relationship with journalist and author Philippe Collin since 2019 and has two sons from a previous relationship. [16]

In 2022, Sonia Devillers published Les Exportés, recounting her maternal family's history of Romanian Jewish descent. The book discusses the sale of Jews by Romania. It draws from family memories and the work of historian Radu Ioanid, who wrote the preface for the Romanian edition published in August 2023. The narrative highlights a state affair in Romania where, from the 1950s until the fall of Ceausescu in 1989, Jews were essentially sold for emigration to Western countries or Israel, often traded for agricultural equipment and livestock. [17] [18] [19] [20]

Regarding her book, she stated, "I wanted to bring my grandparents back to life, to evoke the fear that permeated their lives in 1930s Romania and under communism". She noted that, unlike her mother, she could delve into this painful past as she is an "heir to this history but not a direct victim". [21] [22] [23]

Publications

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  2. ↑ "Livre. À travers son histoire Sonia Devillers raconte comment les juifs sont devenus monnaie d'échange en Roumanie". SudOuest.fr (in French). 9 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Sonia Devillers et le troc de la honte". Les Echos (in French). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "#111 Sonia Devillers". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Sonia Devillers, l'instant « aime »". Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne . Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Qui est Sonia Devillers, la présentatrice de l'Instant M". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Sonia Devillers : podcasts et actualités". Radio France (in French). 1 January 1970. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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  9. ↑ "Sonia Devillers, pas un "Instant (M)" à perdre". L'Express (in French). 8 February 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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  12. ↑ "Audience radio: France Inter solidement installée en tête". Le Figaro (in French). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "France Inter au top tandis qu'Europe 1 se redresse". Stratégies (in French). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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  17. ↑ "« Les Exportés », de Sonia Devillers : troc d'humains dans la Roumanie communiste" (in French). 3 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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  21. ↑ "Les cauchemars de la Roumanie". Historia (in French). 12 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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