Carine Fouteau (born 1974) is a French journalist. She is chief executive and publication director of

Mediapart ''Mediapart'' () is an independent nonprofit French Investigative journalism, investigative online newspaper created in 2008 by Edwy Plenel, former editor-in-chief of . It is published in French language, French, English language, English, and ...

since March 2024.

Biography

Education

Carine Fouteau studied history at Université Paris I where she graduated with a bachelor's degree. She has studied at

Sciences Po Paris Sciences Po () or Sciences Po Paris, also known as the Paris Institute of Political Studies (), is a public research university located in Paris, France, that holds the status of ''grande école'' and the legal status of . The university's unde ...

. In 1999 she got a master's degree in journalism at the

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

Career

Carine Fouteau began her journalist career in 1999 in French newspaper ''Les Echos'', first for the website, but shortly after in the printed newspaper team. At first writing on labor and working conditions, she created in 2003 a new section of the newspaper focused on social matters:

laicity (; 'secularism') is the constitutional principle of secularism in France. Article 1 of the French Constitution is commonly interpreted as the separation of civil society and religious society. It discourages religious involvement in governme ...

, immigration, demography… In 2008 after

LVMH LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (), commonly known as LVMH, is a French multinational holding company and conglomerate that specializes in luxury goods and has its headquarters in Paris, France. The company was formed in 1987 through the ...

's acquisition of ''Les Echos'', Carine Fouteau joined the brand new online newspaper ''

'', specializing in migration. She became one of the two chief editors ten years later, in 2018, associated with Stéphane Alliès. They succeeded to François Bonnet, co-founder of ''Mediapart''. In 2024 she succeeded to other ''Mediapart'' co-founder

Edwy Plenel Hervé Edwy Plenel (; born 31 August 1952) is a French far-left political journalist. Biography Early life Plenel spent his childhood in Martinique and his youth in Algiers, Algeria. He studied at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. Ca ...

as president and head of publication. At this occasion, the board of directors consisted of 4 women. ''Mediapart'', which is the third generalist daily French newspaper, became the first to be managed exclusively by women.

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