Martin Weill facts for kids

Martin Weill (born April 11, 1987) is a French television journalist. He is well-known for traveling the world to report on important stories. Since 2016, he has been a foreign correspondent for a TV show called Quotidien on the TMC channel. Before that, from 2013 to 2016, he did similar work for Le Petit Journal on Canal+.

Martin Weill's Early Life and Career

Countries visited by Martin Weill.

Martin Weill was born in Paris, France. He studied history at Paris-Sorbonne University. He also attended the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux and the University of Cardiff. He finished his studies at the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille.

At 26, Martin started his journalism career at TF1, a big French TV channel. He helped create reports for their news programs.

Reporting Around the World

From 2012 to 2013, Martin worked as a reporter for a show called Le Supplément. Then, in 2013, he became a special correspondent for Le Petit Journal. This show was hosted by Yann Barthès.

Martin traveled to many countries for Le Petit Journal. He reported on different events and cultures. In just over two years, he traveled more than 550,000 kilometers! That's like going around the world 14 times. Martin can speak English, French, Spanish, and some Portuguese.

A Memorable Interview

After some difficult events in Paris in November 2015, Le Petit Journal sent its reporters to talk to people. Martin interviewed a six-year-old boy named Brandon. When asked about the events, 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 online. Brandon and his father were later invited to the TV studio to talk with Martin and Yann Barthès again.