She is the new rising star of BFMTV. Wednesday June 3, 2020, Margaux de Frouville saw his name climb in the list of the most commented subjects on Twitter, after interviewing Didier Raoult. Accompanied by Ruth Elkrief, the head of the health service of the 24-hour news channel drew the wrath of the infectious disease specialist who launched her: "Hush! Shut up", when she asked him a question. A stormy exchange on which the 34-year-old journalist returned, Thursday June 4, 2020 Les Grandes Gueules on RMC. "He is used to breaking up and delegitimizing his interlocutors when a question does not necessarily go in his direction", denounced the one we invite you to discover 5 things you surely ignore.
1. It started with TF1 and France Télévisions
Graduated from the Journalist Training Center (CFJ) in 2010, Margaux de Frouville started her career within the TF1 group. As her LinkedIn profile indicates, the journalist worked for LCI before joining the general news service. Recruited by France Télévisions in 2011, she served as editor for the show It's our business for eight months, before coming to BFMTV as a reporter.
2. His memory loss in full live had caused the buzz
In 2011, Margaux de Frouville was the victim ofa blackout when it was duplex on BFMTV. "Excuse me, I lost my thread … Excuse me …"she stammered on the air before she stopped talking, as the site reported. Puremedia. A difficult moment that had made the buzz on social networks and to which she had returned in The small newspaper by Yann Barthès. "These are the joys of live without notes, when you want to be clever and you are on your third day of duplex, she said. It was a mistake, I made it once, since they bought me a pack of card stock for my cards. "
3. She is the mother of two children
Margaux de Frouville is the happy mother of two little boys, Thimotée and Maxence, respectively 5 and 3 years old. In an interview with Gala, the young woman explained how she managed her family and professional life during the health crisis. "Since I lived shift work, I worked from home until 4 p.m. This allowed me to limit the time spent in the office in order to protect myself and my family, and to have lunch with my children. I admit: I didn't take care of the homework, the nanny did it, she said. From 6 p.m. to midnight, I was on the air (…) The pace was intense, very speed. At the start of the crisis, I thought it was going to be a sprint. I was wrong: this is a marathon. "
4. Her parents are advertising
Unlike some of his colleagues, Margaux de Frouville is not from a family of doctors. Daughter of advertisers, the journalist said "always found that health was a vast, concrete and relevant matter"as she stated in the columns of Gala. Over the years, the BMFTV health expert has been able to expand her address book with "numbers of infectiologists, virologists and epidemiologists"."What has served me well for the coronavirus", she added.
5. What upset her during the health crisis
Throughout the coronavirus crisis, Margaux de Frouville had the heavy task of counting the dead, every evening on BFMTV. A mission that still upsets her today, as she entrusted to Gala. "To protect myself and out of respect for the families affected, I paid close attention to the litany of figures. I tried to humanize this count by using the words 'men' and 'women' each time."
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