Émilie Tran Nguyen

French journalist (born 1985)
Maxime Darquier
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(m. 2018)​
Children2

Émilie Tran Nguyen (born 27 March 1985) is a French journalist who works for France Télévisions. She began working as an intern in Paris at firms such as Clarins and in the legal department at TF1 before becoming a freelancer journalist in Clermont-Ferrand. Nguyen later worked for Groupe Canal+ as a freelancer at the private continuous news channel iTélé and filled in for Émilie Besse [fr] as presenter of the lunchtime edition of the Canal+ news programme La Nouvelle Édition in 2015. She was the presenter of the 12/13 [fr] news bulletin on France 3 from 2016 to 2023.

Biography

On 27 March 1985, Nguyen was born in Marseille. Her father comes from Vietnam and is the owner of a small restaurant while her mother is from Algeria.[1][2] Nguyen has two siblings and all three were raised to be encouraged to study and to strive for their goals.[3] When she was three years old, the family moved to Clermont-Ferrand from La Canebière. Nguyen had considered becoming a paediatrician before she fainted from seeing blood and decided not to be a business manager due to her lack of business knowledge.[2] Following the completion of her Baccalauréat,[4] she took her graduate studies at the ESC Clermont Business School and at the Institut pratique du journalisme [fr].[5]

She began her working career as an intern in Paris at firms such as Clarins and in the legal department at TF1.[1][5] After that, Nguyen was offered a permanent contract to work at Eurosport in its sales department managing advertising for the African, European and the Middle Eastern zones, which she rejected because she did not have the enthusiasm for the job.[1][2] She returned to Clermont-Ferrand,[1] and she commenced her career in journalism working as an freelancer at the Zap magazine and then as an intern for the local daily La Montagne newspaper in order to repay her student loans.[4][2][6] Nguyen went on a two-year apprenticeship with France 3 at Soir 3 after a previous attempt was rejected and was mentored by editors-in-chief Arnauld Miguet and Jean-Jacques Basier.[2][5] She was inspired by the likes of journalists Claire Chazal, Christine Ockrent and Anne Sinclair.[3]

Nguyen was employed by the Groupe Canal+ on a work-study contract to work as a freelancer at the private continuous news channel iTélé in early 2014. She also had work at France 3 Centre some time later to make up the lack of on-screen work,[1][5][6] and did some journalism work for the programme Télématin.[7] The following year, Nguyen was appointed by channel director Maxime Saada [fr] to be the replacement presenter of the lunchtime edition of the news programme La Nouvelle Édition broadcast on Canal+ in place of Émilie Besse [fr], who went on maternity leave from September of that year.[6][4] In February 2016, Nguyen was appointed by Michel Field, the director of information at France Télévisions, to be a presenter of the news programme 12/13 [fr] on France 3 from 22 March 2016 as the replacement for Samuel Étienne [fr].[7]

In July 2017, she became a columnist for the Saturday access programme C l'hebdo [fr] broadcast on France 5 for the upcoming television season.[8] Nguyen became the co-presenter with Éric Fottorino of the Wednesday evening France Info programme Ouvrez le 1 in January 2019.[9] She replaced Maxime Switek [fr] as the news presenter of the news summary segment 5 sur 5 on the night time programme C à vous in July 2020.[10]

Nguyen participated in the #AsiatiquesDeFrance campaign in March 2017, denouncing clichés of the Asian community in France that stem from people's childhood.[11] She was am ambassador for the 2021 class of La Chance, the journalism school competition for scholarship students that has the objective to improving social and ethnic representation of society in the media.[12]

Personal life

She has been married to the columnist and journalist Maxime Darquier since July 2018.[13] They have two children.[14] Nguyen does not disclose aspects of her private life,[15] and was racially abused for being of Asian descent when she was a child.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Garin, Clément (22 October 2016). "Emilie Tran Nguyen : 5 infos à savoir sur la nouvelle journaliste de France 3 [Photos]" [Emilie Tran Nguyen: 5 things to know about the new journalist from France 3 [Photos]]. Télé Star [de; fr; it] (in French). Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e Patrelle, Jérémy (18 December 2017). "Émilie Tran Nguyen : "Pourquoi la femme de télévision devrait venir d'un milieu bourgeois et privilégié?"" [Émilie Tran Nguyen: "Why should the television woman come from a bourgeois and privileged background?"]. GQ (in French). Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b Levain, Myrian (7 May 2018). "Émilie Tran Nguyen, la journaliste avec qui vous allez passer toutes vos pauses dej" [Émilie Tran Nguyen, the journalist with whom you will spend all your lunch breaks]. Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Weickert, Clio (21 March 2016). "Emilie Tran Nguyen, le coup de jeune du 12/13 sur France 3" [Emilie Tran Nguyen, the youthful look of 12/13 on France 3]. 20 minutes (in French). Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Émilie Tran Nguyen : la journaliste qui a dit non" [Émilie Tran Nguyen: the journalist who said no] (in French). Pressamedia. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Rebucci, Julien (1 September 2016). "Emilie Tran Nguyen, le nouveau visage de France 3" [Emilie Tran Nguyen, the new face of France 3]. Cheek Magazine [fr] (in French). Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  7. ^ a b Paul, Émilie (2 February 2016). "Émilie Tran Nguyen succède à Samuel Étienne au 12/13 de France 3" [Émilie Tran Nguyen succeeds Samuel Étienne on 12/13 of France 3]. Le Figaro (in French). Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  8. ^ Meffre, Benjamin (10 July 2017). "France 5 : Émilie Tran Nguyen (France 3) rejoint "C l'hebdo"" [France 5: Emilie Tran Nguyen (France 3) joins "C l'hebdo"] (in French). Puremédias. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  9. ^ Richard, Marine (6 February 2019). "Le journal « Le 1 » s'illustre sur Franceinfo" [The newspaper "Le 1" is illustrated on Franceinfo]. La Croix (in French). Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  10. ^ "« C à vous » : Emilie Tran Nguyen remplace Maxime Switek" ["C to you": Emilie Tran Nguyen replaces Maxime Switek]. 20 minutes (in French). 27 July 2020. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Les "Asiatiques de France" lancent une vidéo contre les clichés" [The "Asians of France" launch a video against clichés]. L'Express (in French). Agence France-Presse. 23 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Emilie Tran Nguyen : nouvelle marraine de La Chance !" [Emilie Tran Nguyen: new godmother of La Chance!] (in French). LaChance Media. 5 March 2021. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  13. ^ "PHOTO. Emilie Tran Nguyen s'est mariée et elle était splendide" [PHOTO. Emilie Tran Nguyen got married and she was gorgeous]. Télé Star [de; fr; it] (in French). 6 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  14. ^ Joris, Mathilde (10 June 2022). "VIDÉO – Émilie Tran Nguyen maman d'un petit garçon : Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine annonce la belle nouvelle dans C à Vous" [VIDEO – Émilie Tran Nguyen mother of a little boy: Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine announces the beautiful news in C à Vous]. Gala (in French). Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  15. ^ Flores, Emilie (24 May 2022). "Émilie Tran Nguyen bientôt absente de l'émission C à vous pour une heureuse nouvelle, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine la balance ! (Video)" [Émilie Tran Nguyen will soon be absent from the show C to you for happy news, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine balances it! (Video)]. Télé 2 Semaines (in French). Retrieved 24 July 2022.

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