Nathalie Saint-Cricq

Nathalie Saint-Cricq
Born	1960 (age 63–64)
Alma mater	Sciences Po
Occupation	Journalist
Employer	France Télévisions
Television	L'Émission politique Des paroles et des actes À vous de juger
Partner	Patrice Duhamel

Nathalie Saint-Criq (born in 1960) is a French journalist, working for France Télévisions.

Biography

Training

Nathalie Saint-Cricq earned her degree from Sciences Po in 1983, and a "Diploma of Higher Specialised Studies" in marketing in 1985,^[1] before gaining a master's degree in literature.^[2]

Media career

Saint-Cricq produced reports for La Cinq and then France 2.^[3] From 2006 to 2009, she presented the programme Quand j'étais petit on Europe 1.^[2] She was then chief editor for the programmes Des paroles et des actes and À vous de juger on France 2.^[4]

At the end of June 2012, she succeeded Fabian Namias as head of political affairs on France 2.^[5]

On 3 May 2017, with co-hosted the televised debate of the second round of the French presidential election between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron.^[6][4]

Since September 2017, she was a commentator on L'Émission politique on France 2, presented by Léa Salamé.^[7]

In July 2019, she was promoted to become political editorialist of France Télévisions.^[8][9]

Personal life

She is the daughter of Jacques Saint-Cricq, president of the supervisory board of La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest, and the granddaughter of Jean Meunier,^[10] founder of the same newspaper, and French socialist politician, who took part in the French Resistance.

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.^[11] Saint-Cricq's brother, Olivier Saint-Cricq, is the head of the management board.^[12]

Her partner is journalist Patrice Duhamel.^[13]

In 2009, Saint-Cricq signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, 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.^[14]

References

1. "L'Association des Sciences-Po – Fiche profil".
2. "Les enseignants". Sciences Po École de journalisme (in French). Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
3. "Recherche Ina fr". Ina.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2017.
4. Jobert, Sarah (4 May 2017). "Nathalie Saint-Cricq, journaliste du débat de l'entre-deux tours : " Mélenchon a déclaré que j'étais socialiste "". elle.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
5. "François Lenglet à France 2". Libération.fr (in French). 25 June 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
6. Stassinet, Léa (26 April 2017). "Comment va se dérouler le débat de l'entre-deux tours ?". RTL.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2017.
7. Meffre, Benjamin (29 August 2017). "Nouvelles incarnations et nouvel after pour "L'émission politique" de France 2". ozap.com (in French).
8. Moysan, Thomas (3 July 2019). "France Télé : Nathalie Saint-Cricq prend du galon, Muriel Pleynet lui succède". CB News (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
9. Lecoeuvre, Sarah (3 July 2019). "France Télévisions : Nathalie Saint-Cricq remplacée à la tête du service politique". tvmag.lefigaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
10. "Une famille formidable". Les mots sont importants (lmsi.net) (in French). 15 January 2015.
11. "Médias français, qui possède quoi ?". Le Monde diplomatique (in French). 1 July 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
12. "Débat d'entre-deux-tours Macron – Le Pen : éviter l'invective et l'irrationnel". lanouvellerepublique.fr (in French). 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
13. El Himani, Rime (3 May 2017). "Débat présidentiel : le compagnon de Nathalie Saint-Cricq est aussi journaliste". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
14. "Signez la pétition pour Roman Polanski !". La Règle du jeu (in French). 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

External links

• Nathalie Saint-Cricq on Twitter