Laurent Delahousse

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Laurent Delahousse, born on 30 August 1969, is a French journalist.

He holds a master's degree in business and labour law, as well as a DEA in private sector law (the North-American equivalent of which would be an LL.M.). In 1994, he began his career at RTL, Luxembourg's state-run broadcaster, as a political correspondent. In 1996, he joined LCI, TF1's all-news channel. In 1999, he joined M6 as its chief editor and presenter of the newsmagazine De quel droit? (From what law?), followed by Jour J (D-Day).

Since March 2000, he has been co-editor-in-chief and presenter of Secrets de l'actualité (Secrets of the news). Since 2001, he has also been a presenter for the evening news specials such as the one on the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

In September 2006, he joined France 2 where he replaced Carole Gaessler as fellow newspresenter David Pujadas' joker on the 8:00 pm CET newscast. An exceptionally adroit newsreader, whose visual presentation skills are reminiscent of the emphathetic character played by William Hurt in the celebrated film "Broadcast News."