Martin Weill facts for kids

Martin Jean Weill, born on April 11, 1987, in Paris, France, is a well-known French television journalist. Since September 2016, he has been a foreign correspondent for the nightly news and entertainment show Quotidien, which is shown on the TMC channel. Before that, from 2013 to 2016, he worked in a similar role for Le Petit Journal on Canal+.

Martin Weill's Early Life and Education

Martin Weill's father, Pierre-Alain Weill, was a printer and local politician. Martin studied history at Paris-Sorbonne University. He then continued his studies at the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux and the University of Cardiff. He later graduated from the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille, a journalism school.

At 26 years old, Martin began his career in journalism at TF1, a French national television channel. There, he helped produce reports for their 1 pm and 8 pm news programs.

Martin Weill's Career as a Reporter

Countries visited by Martin Weill.

From September 2012 to June 2013, Martin Weill worked as a reporter for Le Supplément, a Sunday afternoon show on Canal+. On August 26, 2013, he became a special correspondent for Le Petit Journal. This popular nightly news and entertainment program was hosted by Yann Barthès.

Martin Weill traveled to many countries around the world for his reports. In January 2016, it was reported that he had traveled over 553,803 kilometers in just over two years. This is like traveling around the world 14 times! Martin speaks English, French, Spanish, and some Portuguese.

In November 2015, after some sad events in Paris, Le Petit Journal sent its reporters to talk to people on the streets. Martin Weill interviewed a six-year-old boy named Brandon. When asked if he understood why the events happened, Brandon said, "Yes, because they're really, really mean. Bad guys are not very nice. And we have to be really careful because we have to change houses." Videos of this interview became very popular in both French and English-speaking countries. Brandon and his father were later invited to the Le Petit Journal's studio to be interviewed again by Martin Weill and Yann Barthès.

Looking at Martin Weill's Reporting Style

The association Acrimed has sometimes commented on Le Petit Journal's international reports. They suggested that simply traveling many kilometers or visiting many countries might not always mean the best quality international information. They also noted that Martin Weill was often seen in these reports.