After having worked in Martinique, where she is from, then in Guadeloupe and finally in Paris, where she presented the morning show of France Info channel 27, the journalist was appointed substitute presenter of the 8 p.m. news. A challenge that she intends to take up with her very spontaneous personality and her desire to make the most complex information accessible.
When she was appointed, some newspapers headlined: “the first black woman presenter at 8 p.m.”. This presentation does not suit Karine Baste who does not want to be seen through the prism of her origins but only considered for her professional qualities. Even if, factually, she says: “I am a black woman on the 8 p.m. news”.
The journalist also underlines that she was magnificently welcomed by the newspaper team and by the editorial staff of France 2.
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About the podcast: “Au Comptoir de l’Info” is France Télévisions’ first native (audio) podcast. In the form of a journalistic interview, an actor who produces public service television news — a major reporter, a cameraman, a presenter — comes to give himself up, tell, reveal the way he works. In a sound atmosphere of a coffee counter, he confides his doubts, his joys, but also his fears when he is on the ground or in the studio. Since May 2021, the podcast “At the info counter” has also received journalists from Radio France (France Inter, France Info, France Culture) at its microphone.
The series is produced by François Beaudonnet, columnist for franceinfo (channel 27), senior reporter for France 2 and columnist for the program “Nous, les Européens” on France 3. A former correspondent in Rome and Brussels, he started out on the radio where he presented the 1 p.m. news on France Inter.
This episode was directed by Timothée Le Hec.