Jérôme Chapuis, current editor of the Catholic daily The crosswill take the lead in the morning of franceinfo from the end of August, according to a radio statement published on Wednesday. As of August 28, 2023, Jérôme Chapuis will replace Marc Fauvelle, appointed information director of France Interat the controls of the morning and “will co-present the ‘8.30 franceinfo’ alongside Salhia Brakhlia, from Monday to Thursday”, announced the public radio.
A journalist who reconnects with the radio
Jérôme Chapuis, 46, “embodies our values: competence, high standards, seriousness and impartiality. He will be able to continue the work accomplished in recent years, while bringing his own experience and his view of the news”, declared Jean-Philippe Baille, director of franceinfo, quoted in the press release. The journalist will reconnect with the radio, the latter having started his career in 1999 at RMC, before joining Europe 1 a year later to present the morning newspapers and then integrate the political service.
In 2011, he left for RTL where he hosted the program “Grand Jury RTL” for three seasons. From 2015 to 2019, he was a presenter for the media morning RTL. In 2019, he left for the written press, joining the newspaper The cross of which he became editor-in-chief. In 2021, he was appointed editorial director of the daily. Since 2018, he also presents the show “A World in Doc“, every weekend on Public Senate.