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Bénédicte Paviot

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Bénédicte Paviot is an Anglo-French television news reporter, and the UK correspondent of France 24. She lives in London.[when?] She was the president of The Foreign Press Association London until 14 January 2020.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life

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Paviot was born in Paris. She had a British mother (a journalist) and a French father. She went to the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in London, a school owned by the French government. She attended the Paris-Sorbonne University (Université Paris-Sorbonne), where she studied languages, law and economics.

Career

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She worked for six years in the USA.

BBC

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From 1989 to 2000 she worked as a reporter for BBC News. Between 1998 and 2000 she presented the programme Global on BBC Radio 5 Live.

France 24

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Since February 2007 she has been the UK correspondent for France 24.[6] France 24 is headquartered at Issy-les-Moulineaux in Paris. Since 2009 she has been on the committee of The Foreign Press Association London. She has also been the London correspondent for BFM TV and BFM Business. She appeared on Any Questions? on 30 May 2014 in West Sussex.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Incident at Finsbury Park mosque treated as terrorism". France 24. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ Paviot, Benedicte (14 November 2015). "Islamist extremism is barbaric ideology that aims to destroy what we hold dear". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Londoner's Diary: Angie Bowie rocks up for new David film". Evening Standard. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. ^ Astier, Henri (22 February 2017). "France's liberal Macron courts expats in UK in battle for votes". BBC News. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  5. ^ Foreign Press Association in London [@FPALondon] (14 January 2020). "The FPA is happy to announce the new President of the association: @producerkate together with the new Vice Presidents: @kapstory and @MarcoVarvello and the new Honorary Secretary @YasmeenSerhan. @jurgenkronig is confirmed as Treasurer. 👏🎉" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "PORTRAIT - Bénédicte Paviot : deux cultures, un visage". Le Petit Journal (in French). 5 January 2018 [6 August 2012].
  7. ^ Any Questions 2014
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