In 20 years, Anne-Claire Coudray has built a solid career on TF1. She arrived on the first channel, first as a senior reporter, covered the Arab Spring in Tunisia and the American presidential elections, before being Claire Chazal’s joker for several years before finally taking charge of the weekend news. end, eight years ago. She encountered some difficulties, behind the scenes, which she confides to TV Cable Satthis January 1, 2024.
“I heard a lot of sexist remarks”
Indeed, the journalist, usually so discreet, admits: “I have heard a lot of sexist remarks in my career”. And to add: “One editor-in-chief had redone my voice-over on a war report because it was too thin. Another wanted to send a man into the field because it was too dangerous for a woman. You should never give up !”
And that’s what the 46-year-old paf star is working to do. First, she participates in the Experts à la une program, developed by the TF1 information department, for “strengthen the representation of women experts in its television news.”, as our colleagues report. About this project, she explains: “We have a lot of difficulty getting them to intervene, it is partly linked to the education that we are still given today, as girls, which prevents us from taking all the place that we should take” .
Anne-Claire Coudray continues: “We also realized, a few years ago, that we were reproducing patriarchal patterns by always inviting the same men, heard in the morning on the radio. We are very attentive now.”
“It’s a cause that we have somewhat forgotten in France…”
Outside of the office, Anne-Claire Coudray is also involved in the Tous à l’école association, founded in 2005 by her colleague Tina Kieffer, of which she is godmother. She is happy to help the little girls of Cambodia, but not only: “When we invest in education, we change the destiny of a girl, obviously, but also of an entire family and an entire country. Girls’ education is a cause that we have somewhat forgotten in France since it no longer arises. However, it is essential to feel legitimate.”
F.A.