Nathalie Saint-Criq (born in 1960) is a French journalist, working for
France Télévisions
France Télévisions (; stylized since 2018 as ) is the French national public television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company formed from the integration of the public television channels France 2 (formerly Antenne 2) and France 3 (form ...
.
Biography
Training
Nathalie Saint-Cricq earned her degree from
Sciences Po
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 1983, and a "Diploma of Higher Specialised Studies" in marketing in 1985, before gaining a master's degree in literature.
Media career
Saint-Cricq produced reports for
La Cinq
La Cinq (, ) was a French free-to-air television channel. Created by politician Jérôme Seydoux and Italian media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, it existed from 1986 to 1992.
The contract for France's fifth terrestrial network, which was suppos ...
and then
France 2
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. From 2006 to 2009, she presented the programme ''Quand j'étais petit'' on
Europe 1
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. She was then chief editor for the programmes ''Des paroles et des actes'' and ''À vous de juger'' on France 2.
At the end of June 2012, she succeeded Fabian Namias as head of political affairs on France 2.
On 3 May 2017, with co-hosted the
televised debate
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Marine Le Pen
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and
Emmanuel Macron
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.
Since September 2017, she was a commentator on ''
L'Émission politique
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'' on France 2, presented by
Léa Salamé
Hala Léa Salamé, known as Léa Salamé (; born 27 October 1979), is a Lebanese-born French journalist.
Early life
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.
In July 2019, she was promoted to become political editorialist of
France Télévisions
France Télévisions (; stylized since 2018 as ) is the French national public television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company formed from the integration of the public television channels France 2 (formerly Antenne 2) and France 3 (form ...
.
Personal life
She is the daughter of Jacques Saint-Cricq, president of the supervisory board of ''
socialist
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politician, who took part in the
French Resistance
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.
The Saint-Cricq family is one of the two controlling shareholders of the Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest press group, which edits the newspaper of the same name, several other titles in the written press, and owns a 40% share in the channel ''TV Tours Val de Loire''. Saint-Cricq's brother, Olivier Saint-Cricq, is the head of the management board.
Her partner is journalist
Patrice Duhamel
Patrice Duhamel (born 12 December 1945), in Boulogne-Billancourt, is a French journalist and author.
.
In 2009, Saint-Cricq signed a petition in support of film director
Roman Polanski
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, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl.