A page is turning in the career of Florian Tardif. The journalist, who worked on CNews for seven years, left the Canal+ group channel this Thursday, January 2, 2025. He will very soon join the political department of “Paris Match”the famous French weekly owned for several months by LVMH, which succeeds the Lagardère group. “Good last“, had also wished him on X, formerly Twitter, Florent Barraco, the current editor-in-chief of the newspaper.
Pascal Praud paid tribute to Florian Tardif
This special day was marked by numerous tributes from the news channel's flagship presenters. Pascal Praud kicked off in Time for the Pros. “Are you sure you want to leave, aren't you comfortable here? Why do you want to leave?“, he asked him. To which the main person replied: “I am 30 years old […]. At my age, you have to put yourself in danger a little bit, it's ultimately easy to do television, contrary to everything people tell us.“
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A few hours later, Florian Tardif joined the set of PunchlineLaurence Ferrari's show, for a final lap of the track. Alongside him in particular, his colleagues Éric Naulleau, Rachel Khan, and Éric Revel. At 5:50 p.m., at the end of a debate on the attack in New Orleans, in the United States, the host took a few minutes to say goodbye to her colleague. “It's Florian's last day with us“, she explained to the audience. “A little nod because you are part of the CNews family. I saw you arrive very small, almost in short pants.“Indeed, the young man started on television with the former presenter of the 8 p.m. news on TF1 in what was already called “Punchline” in 2017.
Laurence Ferrari in turn says goodbye to his protégé
To greet him before his departure, she suggested that he watch his first live performance again, on August 5, 2017 at the Parc des Princes, during PSG's victory against Amiens. “It's very funny“, she announced, before telling viewers that this job was not easy. “We send you into the field, we give you a microphone, we stick you in front of the camera. And roll my chicken. You have to go for it even if it's a subject you don't know at all.“After broadcasting this sequence where the journalist does not seem very comfortable, the presenter spoke again: “I am told in the headset that he did well to stay in politics.“Éric Naulleau took the opportunity to congratulate him and say:”He had a more brilliant career than Neymar at PSG“. Puremedias invites you to discover this sequence.
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After a second extract dating from 2018, Laurence Ferrari returned to the style of his colleague. “Its particularity is the endless plateaus.“And the latter revealed that his record had been to last fifteen minutes.”There was an antenna problem. I believe it was for the new year 2018-2019. There were three journalists who had been dispatched to the Champs-Élysées. There was only one camera left, it was mine. We had to bring the New Year to life on CNews.“
Finally, the journalist was asked about a memory that he particularly remembered: “One, it would be too complicated. There are several. Luck often sums up my job. I am lucky to be paid to learn and to live the history that is being written in front of us.“Before citing his live broadcasts from the White House, in the United States, the fire at Notre-Dame and the press conferences at the Élysée.”We wish him good luck”, a conclu Laurence Ferrari. “We are very happy that he is joining this beautiful house“, she added, speaking of “Paris Match”, of which she was the editor-in-chief of the political department. And ending with a personal anecdote: “When I saw it coming, I think you were reading Stendhal. And I said to myself: if the little pigs don't eat this one, it's going to go far.“The future did not contradict her.
