Originally from Bordeaux and passing through Angers during his law and English studies, LCI journalist Jean-Baptiste Boursier will soon present the 8 p.m. news on TF1. He was chosen to be Gilles Bouleau’s joker, replacing Julien Arnaud, who left for France 2, the head of information for the private group announced on Wednesday, October 2. Parisian .
This choice is the result of a “collective decision”explained Thierry Thuillier, according to whom Jean-Baptiste Boursier “all the qualities to build a connection with the channel’s audience”.
It will start on October 21
This former leading face of BFMTValso passed by RMC Story et France Televisionswill begin on the 8 p.m. news “next October 21 on the occasion of the All Saints’ Day holidays”according to The Parisian.
According to Release who dedicated a portrait to him in October 2018, Jean-Baptiste Boursier even “played football at a national level, with the young people of Sco d’Angers”. “At the time, I played a lot of football. I signed for Sco, under 17 years old. I played regionally to start, then nationally for the second season”he also declared, during an interview with Western Mail.
