At the “Comptoir de l’info”, the journalist came to tell François Beaudonnet behind the scenes of this program which has become iconic and which has just celebrated its 10th anniversary on the air of France 2.
But by what miracle do the heads of large companies continue to accept interviews with Elise Lucet, when they know in advance that they are going to be torn apart? On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of “Cash Investigation”, the presenter answers questions from François Beaudonnet, leaning on the zinc of the “Comptoir de l’info”, the podcast of France Télévisions.
Elise Lucet first presented the program “Pieces à Conviction” on France 3. She is also known for the 1 p.m. news that she presented for many years on France 2. Since April 2012, she has been the face of “Cash Investigation”, where she sets out to denounce the abuses of the business world.
How much preparation time is needed for each issue of “Cash Investigation”? Why do the show’s crew members sometimes go to the cafe without their cellphones? Isn’t each episode of “Cash Investigation” mainly incriminating and not also exculpatory? What are the little jokes of the “voice over” of “Cash investigation” for? Does the president of France Télévisions set limits on the show? Elise Lucet does not evade any question.
“At the info counter” is the first native (audio) podcast of France Télévisions. In the form of a journalistic interview, an actor who produces public service television information — 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, editor-in-chief Europe, columnist for franceinfo (channel 27), senior reporter for France 2 and columnist for the program “Nous, les Européens” on France 3. Former correspondent in Rome and Brussels, he began on the radio where he presented the 1 p.m. news on France Inter.
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This episode was directed by Timothée Le Hec