The media world is in mourning. The death of journalist and columnist Laetitia Krupa was announced this Wednesday March 20, 2024. Known for having been a reporter for Radio France, she then turned to television and thus appeared on the screens of Canal +, France Télévisions, Public Senate or even franceinfo.
In January 2023, Laetitia Krupa announced her withdrawal from the air for health reasons. “It doesn’t just happen to other people” she mysteriously wrote on Instagram before giving some glimmers of hope to her subscribers three months later. At the end of 2023, she finally made her comeback on France Info and Public Sénate. Then at the beginning of 2024, she made an appointment for “great projects” namely a book released in May and a podcast broadcast in June.
Upon the announcement of the journalist’s death, Jean-Philippe Baille, director of franceinfo and director of information at Radio France, expressed his “tremendous sadness”. “Her dynamism was at the service of the news, her talent at the service of the news and her good humor at the service of all. A professional who knew how to decipher and analyze in Les informed de franceinfo.” “For us, she was above all a voice, energetic and smiling, of the Informed, also praised the management of Franceinfo radio. For his part, Christopher Baldelli, president of Public Senate, greets “a very great professional, a journalist very committed to her work to help people understand the world and its issues, without forgetting very great human qualities.”
Thomas Sotto pays tribute to Laetitia Krupa
And it is now the turn of Thomas Hugues to pay him a beautiful tribute. Reached by telephone by our colleagues from Le Parisien, the France 2 journalist spoke of his missing friend. “I met Laetitia Krupa at Médias, the mag where she arrived as a reporter. I was immediately struck by her freedom of tone. She was straightforward, incisive, free. On the ground, she went there. And it takes a good dose of audacity to confront politicians and business leaders with their communication strategy”.
The journalist adds: “All last season, she was absent from the show due to an illness which prevented her from working. She told us what she wanted to say… In September, she was back with fishing . We found the Laetitia we know, the one who enjoys life to the fullest, positive and dynamic. Before being overtaken by illness again…”.
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