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Laurence Ferrari | |
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 Laurence Ferrari in 2015 | |
| Born | (1966-07-05)5 July 1966 (age 59) |
| Education | École Française des Attachés de Presse University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne |
| Occupation | TV hostPunchline onCNews |
| Employer(s) | CNews Europe 1 |
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| Children | 3 |
Laurence Ferrari (French:[loʁɑ̃sfeʁaʁi] ; born 5 July 1966) is a Frenchjournalist, best known as a formeranchor of theTF1 weekday evening newsLe 20H.[1]
Ferrari was born inAix-les-Bains,Savoie,[2] the daughter of a formermayor of the city and member of theFrench National Assembly, Gratien Ferrari, ofItalian ancestry fromEmilia-Romagna.[3] She attended the École Française des Attachés de Presse (French School for Press Attachés) inLyon and graduated from theSorbonne University with a Master of 'Communication Politique and Sociale'. She is the eldest of three sisters and an accomplished pianist.[4]
She started her career in 1986 as astringer at the Frenchnews agency,AFP, andLe Figaro Magazine. She also worked at the French language radio station,Europe 1, as a researcher with special responsibility for health policy. She began her television career in 1994 withMichel Drucker inStudio Gabriel onFrance 2 and thereafter withJean-Pierre Pernaut in"Combien ça coûte ?" onTF1. In 2001 she co-hosted the TF1 Sunday evening magazineSept à Huit with her former husband,Thomas Hugues. After her divorce, she moved in 2006 toCanal + to present the channel's weekly political magazine"Dimanche +" where she covered theFrench presidential election of 2007. In June 2008, she became the new anchor of"Le 20 Heures de TF1" (the flagship TV news programme, which has the highest ratings in Europe), replacing its long-serving anchorPatrick Poivre d'Arvor, and taking over the weekday programme on 25 August 2008.
Ferrari incited controversy in 2010 by wearing aveil to interviewPresident of IranMahmoud Ahmadinejad.[5]
Ferrari presented her final 8pm newscast for TF1 on 31 May 2012, a day after announcing her resignation from the network in order to joinDirect 8 for hosting a feminine talk-show for 4 years.[6]
In 2013, she integrates the news network ofCanal+ Group, I>Télé, that becomesCNews after the taking in hand ofVincent Bolloré in 2016. Although that she didn't take part directly in the strike movement of I>Télé for challenging Vincent Bolloré's influence on the editorial stance of the channel, she felt sympathy for it. Furthermore, according to one of her close friends, she tried a lot of times to leave CNews for another media because of lack of happiness, but she never succeeded. Consequently, for having more career prospects and awards in the Bolloré's medias, she has been required to spouse progressively thefar-right editorial stance of CNews.[7]
Ferrari marriedThomas Hugues in 1993. The marriage produced two children. The couple separated in October 2007.[citation needed]
Partners since 2008, Ferrari and the violinist,Renaud Capuçon, married in July 2009 in the16th arrondissement of Paris. The couple have one child together.[citation needed]
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