Florence Dauchez (born 9 November 1964) is a French journalist and

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Biography

After a Master of Law and modern literature, Florence Dauchez began her career in 1986 in the economics department of the newspaper ''

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'' as a trainee journalist, then became a reporter of foreign affairs for

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. In 1990 she joined FR3 in the economy department of the

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in 1991. After the

ended, Florence Dauchez made a documentary about Algeria. Released on

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, ''Rachida, lettres d'Algérie'' received the

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, the Festival international of Leipzig prize, the Prix Ondas and was even nominated for an

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. After presenting a monthly magazine show, ''Autrement dit, ''and then the editions of the weekend nightly news show on the TV station

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from 1994 to 1997, Florence joined M6 in September 1997 (replacing

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) to host the Sunday investigative reporting show ''

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'' during the season 1997/1998. From the end of June 2000, she hosted ''L'enjeu olympique'', a weekly program on

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. After the failure of her bid for the presidency of CPAC (the Parliamentary Channel) in December 2002, Florence Dauchez joined the Franco-German channel

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in January 2004 to present until June 2005 the show ''Le journal de la culture'', alternating presenting the show with

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. From September 2005 to June 2007, Florence Dauchez hosted the show devoted to

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'' + Clair,'' broadcast on the TV channel Canal +. From September 2006 to June 2008, she also hosted the show ''À juste titre'' on I>Télé, the news and information channel of

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. In September 2007 Florence Dauchez became the chief editor and presenter of ' , a newscast of about twenty minutes, broadcast on Canal + at 18:45 from Monday to Friday, with replacing her from the presentation duties at ''+ Clair''. From September 2008, in an evening news supplement on Canal +, she interviewed, in ''Le grand témoin,'' a guest each evening at 20:45 on i>Télé. Since September 2014 she has hosted the JT Canal + show on the weekends.

Private life

In 1992, she married the journalist Christophe de Ponfilly, who died in 2006. They have a child, born in 1993..

Awards and honours

Prix Albert Londres, Prix Ondas, and Prix du Festival de Leipzig. She also received the

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in 2006.Prize list of the prix Richelieu on the site of l'association Défense de la langue française
Florence Dauchez was named Chevalier l'

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Television

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

: ''Le journal de la nuit'', weekend editions on

* 1997 : ''Autrement dit'' on France 2 * 1997 -

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

: ''

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'' on M6 *

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

: ''L'enjeu olympique'' on

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

: ''Le Journal de la Culture'' on

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* 2005 -

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

: ''+ Clair'' on

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2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: ''À juste titre'' on i>Télé * September 2007 - June 2014 : ''Le JT'' du Soir on Canal+ * September 2008 - December 2008 : ''Le grand témoin'' on i>Télé * Since September 2014 : ''Le JT'' of the Week-end on Canal+

References

Sources

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Portrait of Florence Dauchez on ToutelaTele.com
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