{{Short description|French journalist, television presenter and writer (born 1969)}} {{rough translation|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Christine Kelly | image = Christine Kelly en 2005 - cropped.JPG | caption = Kelly in 2005 | birth_name = Christine Eugénie Tigiffon | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|07|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Lamentin, Guadeloupe | occupation = Journalist, television presenter, writer }}
'''Christine Eugénie Kelly''' ({{IPA|fr|kʁistin keli}}; née '''Tigiffon''', {{Birth date|1969|07|13}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christine Kelly |url=https://www.voici.fr/bios-people/christine-kelly |access-date=25 May 2024 |website=voici.fr|date=5 July 2022 }}</ref> is a French radio and television presenter, journalist, and writer.
She has been working in media since 1992, first in Guadeloupe, then in metropolitan France. She was a member of the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) from 2009 to 2015. She then chaired the Alice Millat Foundation, a European foundation for women's sports.
She has hosted ''{{ill|Face à l'info|fr}}'' on the TV channel CNews since 2019.
== Biography == === Early life === [[File:Côte au Lamentin.jpg|thumb|left|View of the coast in Lamentin.]]
Christine Kelly was born on {{date|13 July 1969}} in Lamentin, Guadeloupe, France.<ref name="lemonde">{{Cite news |last=Telo |first=Laurent |date=13 October 2020 |title=Qui est vraiment Christine Kelly, animatrice de " Face à l'info " ? |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2020/10/13/qui-est-vraiment-christine-kelly-animatrice-de-face-a-l-info_6055880_4500055.html |access-date=25 May 2024 |work=Le Monde |language=fr}}</ref> Both her parents were schoolteachers who lived in a tied cottage in a school. They then lived in a house built by her parents in Lamentin.<ref>P.L.N, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090328122343/http://www.voici.fr/potins-people/les-potins-du-jour/christine-kelly-la-grande-bretagne-la-voit-ministre-283998 « Christine Kelly: la Grande-Bretagne la voit ministre »], ''voici.fr'', 25 mars 2009.</ref><ref name="Paris Match" /> She is the second of four children.<ref name="Paris Match" />
Her mother was violent and her father was an alcoholic. She was physically abused during her childhood.<ref name="Paris Match" /><ref name="telerama">{{cite web |access-date=21 December 2021 |author=Rania Hoballah |date=10 May 2019 |language=fr |title="Je me suis longtemps cachée derrière mon sourire": Christine Kelly revient avec émotion sur son passé d'enfant battue |url=https://www.lci.fr/people/je-me-suis-longtemps-cachee-derriere-mon-sourire-christine-kelly-revient-avec-emotion-sur-son-passe-d-enfant-battue-dans-tpmp-2120735.html |website=LCI}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |access-date=21 December 2021 |author=François Rousseaux |date=2021-06-23 |language=fr |title=Christine Kelly, l'animatrice de "Face à l'info" sur CNews: l'alibi parfait d'Éric Zemmour ? |url=https://www.telerama.fr/ecrans/christine-kelly-lanimatrice-de-face-a-linfo-sur-cnews-lalibi-parfait-deric-zemmour-6904671.php |website=Télérama}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Her mother left Guadeloupe to settle in Paris.<ref name="Paris Match" /> Her father joined them a year later after she stopped drinking.<ref name="Paris Match" />
After multiple suicide attempts, Kelly left home when she was 20.<ref name="telerama"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Poiret |first=Elise |date=19 April 2019 |title=Christine Kelly, son passé d'enfant battue: "Ma mère me frappait avec une rallonge électrique" |url=https://www.femmeactuelle.fr/actu/news-actu/christine-kelly-son-passe-denfant-battue-ma-mere-me-frappait-avec-une-rallonge-electrique-2077605 |website=femmeactuelle.fr |language=fr}}</ref>
=== Professional career === After a scientific education, Christine Kelly considered becoming a flight attendant but decided against it and turned to television.<ref name="premiere">{{cite web |access-date=21 December 2021 |language=fr |title=Christine Kelly |url=http://www.premiere.fr/Star/Christine-Kelly |website=Premiere.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
==== Presenter in the Guadeloupean media (1992–1996) ==== In 1992, Christine Kelly joined the private channel Archipel 4, to present ''Caribscope'', a (French-English) bilingual TV show.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |access-date=21 December 2021 |date=2016-10-21 |language=fr-FR |title=Christine Kelly |url=http://www.christinekelly.fr/a-propos/ |website=Christine Kelly}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> At the same time, she hosted a free broadcast on K’danse FM. Two years later, she became a presenter on {{ill|RFO Guadeloupe|fr|Guadeloupe 1re (télévision)}}.<ref name="Parcours">[http://www.gala.fr/stars_et_gotha/christine_kelly « Christine Kelly »], ''gala.fr''.</ref>
==== Beginnings in France (1996–2000) ====
In 1996 Christine Kelly gave up presenting to become a journalist, at 27 years old. She was trained at the Institut national de l'audiovisuel then at the {{ill|Institut de journalisme Bordeaux-Aquitaine|fr}}.<ref name="Parcours"/><ref>[http://213.41.125.227/details.php?id=1297 Fiche de Christine Tigiffon], ''Institut de journalisme Bordeaux-Aquitaine'', consulté le 15 février 2013</ref> She then did reportages for different regional stations of France 3, while working at the same time for the political service of RFO, the radio station Chérie FM and the newspaper ''Sud Ouest''. In 1997, she participated to the creation of Demain. TV, a channel that discusses employment and professional training. The channel is owned by the Canal+ Group.<ref>Cyrille Nono, Hervé Mbouguen, [http://www.grioo.com/info1079.html Christine Kelly, journaliste sur LCI] ''Grioo.com'', 11 novembre 2003.</ref> In 1999, she work on La Chaîne Météo and Voyage.<ref name="Le Parisien mars 2012">{{Cite news |date=18 March 2012 |title=Elle veut briser le silence des familles monoparentales |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/elle-veut-briser-le-silence-des-familles-monoparentales-18-03-2012-1911209.php |archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leparisien.fr%2Fespace-premium%2Fculture-loisirs%2Felle-veut-briser-le-silence-des-familles-monoparentales-18-03-2012-1911209.php#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=12 May 2012 |access-date=25 May 2024 |work=Le Parisien |language=fr}}</ref>
==== Journalist at LCI (2000–2009) ==== In February 2000 she joined the continuous news channel LCI to present the morning journal.<ref>Guy Dutheil, [https://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medias/article/2005/11/26/christine-kelly-sur-lci-assume-volontiers-son-role-d-icone_714578_3236.html « Christine Kelly, sur LCI, assume volontiers son rôle d'icône »], ''Le Monde'', 27 novembre 2005.</ref> while presenting a monthly program on RFO and becoming consultant for the UNESCO.<ref name="Parcours"/> She was the first Black women to present a show on TV in metropolitan France.<ref name="Le Parisien mars 2012"/> From March 2005 to July 2006, she was the editor-in-chief and presenter of a show on sustainable development, ''Le Magazine'', on Ushuaïa TV.<ref name="premiere"/><ref name="Parcours"/>
After six months of research on a biography of François Fillon, she returned to television in February 2008 to present the afternoon ''Jnews'' on LCI and co-present ''Terre-Mère'', a weekly show on the environment.<ref name="premiere"/>
In September 2008 she started presenting ''LCI Matin week-end'' on Fridays from 6 to 9am and the Saturday and Sunday news programmes from 6:30 to 10:30am.<ref>Emmanuel Galiero, [http://www.tvmag.com/article/people/41496/exclusif---christine-kelly-oui-je-souhaite-relever-de-nouveaux-defis-.html « Christine Kelly: « Oui, je souhaite relever de nouveaux défis » »], ''TV Magazine'', 4 décembre 2008.</ref>
==== Member of the CSA (2009–2015) ==== On January 24, 2009, without having applied,<ref>[http://www.csa.fr/Press-area/Le-CSA-dans-les-medias/Christine-Kelly-a-TV-Magazine-L-ex-journaliste-de-LCI-a-decide-de-changer-de-vie « L’ex-journaliste de LCI a décidé de changer de vie »], ''csa.fr'', 27 février 2009.</ref> she was appointed to the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA), the regulatory body for audiovisual content in France, by Gérard Larcher, the Speaker of the Senate.<ref>[http://www.ozap.com/actu/francoise-laborde-christine-kelly-nommees-csa/253094 « Françoise Laborde et Christine Kelly nommées au CSA »], sur ''ozap.com'', 24 janvier 2009.</ref> She is the youngest member of the CSA and the first from an overseas territory.<ref name="lemonde"/><ref>[http://www.hellocoton.fr/christine-kelly-membre-du-csa-presente-au-festival-de-cannes-du-17-au-19-mai-2013-7900842 « Christine Kelly (membre du CSA) présente au Festival de Cannes du 17 au 19 mai 2013 »], ''hellocoton.fr'', 29 avril 2013.</ref> There were recommendations from Nicolas Sarkozy to give her a governmental mission or even the ministry of the overseas, but she opted to finish her term at the CSA.<ref name="lemonde"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 March 2009 |title=L'Elysée dément l'entrée de la journaliste Christine Kelly au gouvernement |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medias/article/2009/03/25/la-journaliste-christine-kelly-pressentie-pour-entrer-au-gouvernement_1172532_3236.html |access-date=15 May 2024 |work=Le Monde}}</ref>
At the CSA Christine Kelly persuaded the television channels to include subtitles on their programs for the deaf and lower the sound level of ads after 20 years of campaigning in France, a world first.<ref>[http://lci.tf1.fr/economie/medias/publicite-bientot-la-fin-du-son-plus-fort-a-television-6765950.html « Publicité: bientôt la fin du son plus fort à télévision »], ''lci.tf1.fr'', 14 octobre 2011.</ref> She also asked information channels to include news broadcasting in sign language, a first in France.<ref>[http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/article/information/47154/christine-kelly-sur-tous-les-fronts-au-csa.html « Christine Kelly sur tous les fronts au CSA »], ''tvmag.lefigaro.fr'', 21 septembre 2009.</ref>
In 2009 a law project was discussed in the parliament to regulate food ads during programs destined to children.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Delahaye |first1=Martine |last2=Fraissard |first2=Guillaume |last3=Girard |first3=Laurence |date=2 March 2009 |title=Publicité: enfants au régime ? |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/vous/article/2009/03/02/publicite-enfants-au-regime_1161507_3238.html |access-date=25 May 2024 |work=Le Monde}}</ref> To face the risks of an interdiction, the CSA established a « food charter »<ref>{{cite web |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=fr |title=La charte alimentaire – CSA – Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel |url=https://www.csa.fr/Proteger/Actions-du-CSA-pour-la-sante-publique/La-charte-alimentaire |website=www.csa.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> in which the advertisers formulated commitments. As the chief of the mission « Santé et développement durable » (health and sustainable development) of the CSA, Christine Kelly defended this text. The charter is considered inefficient by the UFC-Que Choisir, a consumer organization<ref>{{cite web |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=fr |title=Réalité des engagements de l'agro-alimentaire sur l'obésité infantile… |url=https://www.quechoisir.org/action-ufc-que-choisir-realite-des-engagements-de-l-agro-alimentaire-sur-l-obesite-infantile-la-verite-sort-du-cartable-des-enfants-n14093/ |website=www.quechoisir.org|date=7 December 2010 }}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> and by nutrition experts because it is non-binding and favoring, according to them, media financing of the fight against obesity.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 February 2010 |title=Lutte contre l'obésité: soyons cohérents ! par François Bourdillon, Serge Hercberg |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2010/02/25/lutte-contre-l-obesite-soyons-coherents-par-francois-bourdillon-serge-hercberg_1311434_3232.html |access-date=26 May 2024 |work=Le Monde}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Michel Desmurget |date=September 2019 |isbn=978-2-02-142332-7 |language=fr |publisher=éditions du Seuil |title=La fabrique du crétin digital - Les dangers des écrans pour nos enfants |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p2CqDwAAQBAJ}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> the regulation of advertising for aliments pour des aliments qui sont fatty, sweet and salty destined to minors showed its efficiency following scientific studies, experimentations and even its implementation in other countries.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Serge Hercberg |date=February 2022 |isbn=9782379313257 |publisher=HumenSciences |title=Mange et tais-toi: Un nutritionniste face au lobby agroalimentaire}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>
In 2012 she preconized the reduction from five to two weeks of the period during which candidates of a presidential election have an equity of speaking time.<ref>[http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2012/10/12/97001-20121012FILWWW00608-presidentielle-le-csa-veut-s-assouplir.php « Temps de parole: de nouvelles règles ? »], ''lefigaro.fr'', 12 octobre 2012.</ref>
In 2013 Christine Kelly made it possible to cite Facebook and Twitter on television, which had been forbidden until then. She also defined the rules about product placement in fiction,<ref>[http://csa.fr/es/Espace-Presse/Le-CSA-dans-les-medias/Christine-Kelly-dans-Media-au-sujet-de-la-citation-des-reseaux-sociaux-a-l-antenne « Christine Kelly dans Média +, au sujet de la citation des réseaux sociaux à l'antenne »], ''csa.fr'', 9 janvier 2013.</ref> which was also forbidden until then in television.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=19 May 2020 |date=2010-03-08 |first1=Marie-Catherine |language=fr |last1=Beuth |title=Le placement de produits entre en vigueur à la télé |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2010/03/08/04002-20100308ARTFIG00575-le-placement-de-produits-entre-en-vigueur-a-la-tele-.php |website=Le Figaro.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
To address the lack of attention to women's sports, Christine Kelly, who was also president of the sports mission of the CSA, decided to create the first international day of women's sports in the media: ''24 heures du sport féminin'' (2013).<ref name=":2" /><ref>[http://www.csa.fr/Espace-Presse/Communiques-de-presse/Deuxieme-edition-des-24-heures-du-sport-feminin-le-samedi-24-janvier-2015 Deuxième édition des "24 heures du sport féminin", le samedi 24 janvier 2015], CSA – 04.11.2014</ref> A second day was organized by Christine Kelly on January 24, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Litaud |first=Emmanuelle |date=11 November 2014 |title=24 heures du sport féminin: une 2e édition en janvier |url=https://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/article/television/84471/24-heures-du-sport-feminin-une-2e-edition-en-janvier.html |access-date=26 May 2024 |website=tvmag.lefigaro.fr}}</ref>
==== After the CSA (2015–2018) ==== In 2015 she launched a project of European museum of medias called ''Villa Média'', which was supposed to be opened to the public in 2019 in Saint-Denis, and of which she became president.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=2015 |title=Christine Kelly: "Pour le musée des médias, nous avons choisi Saint-Denis" |journal=Le Journal du Dimanche |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Boussaingault |first=Gilles |date=21 November 2015 |title=Christine Kelly confronte les "pro" des médias au grand public |url=https://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/article/television/89824/christine-kelly-confronte-les-pro-des-medias-au-grand-public.html |access-date=26 May 2024 |website=tvmag.lefigaro.fr |language=fr}}</ref> In line with this project, she organizes days of debate and reflection devoted to media education, a program many celebrity personalities have participated in.<ref>[http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/journee-d-education-aux-medias-christine-kelly-lance-la-deuxieme-editoin_001791e4-ada0-11e6-9bc2-6465978bca54/ Journée d’éducation aux médias: Christine Kelly lance la deuxième édition], ''Le Figaro TV'', 21 novembre 2016</ref> In 2015 she was also elected as chief of the 2015 jury of the Globe de Cristal Awards, a reward awarded by récompenses décernées par la French press in the domains of art and culture.<ref name=":2" />
Until October 2020 she was president of the {{ill|Alice Milliat foundation|fr|fondation Alice Milliat}}, the only European foundation for women's sport, launched in 2016 in the presence of François Hollande, the President of France at that time.<ref name="alicemilliatchallenge">{{cite web|url=http://alicemilliatchallenge.com/fr/foundation|website=alicemilliatchallenge.com|title=alicemilliatchallenge.com/fr/foundation|access-date=26 May 2024}}</ref> She is an ambassador of the Euro 2016, nominated by François Hollande.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web |access-date=21 December 2021 |language=fr |title=Euro 2016: François Hollande a présenté le Comité des 11 Tricolores |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Euro-2016-hollande-a-presente-le-comite-des-11-tricolores/562899 |website=L'Équipe}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
In March 2018 she joined the team of ''Touche pas à mon poste !'', on the channel C8, as a chronicler.<ref>{{Cite news |last=V. J. |date=7 March 2018 |title="TPMP": Christine Kelly, ex-membre du CSA, rejoint l'émission de Cyril Hanouna |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/television/2233411-20180307-tpmp-christine-kelly-ex-membre-csa-rejoint-emission-cyril-hanouna |access-date=26 May 2024 |work=20 minutes}}</ref> During the summer of 2018, she presented a program in which she retraces the journey of a guest every Sunday on RTL. She also hosted a daily debate segment on CNews, where she appeared on the program ''Punchline'' alongside Laurence Ferrari. Following the 2018 media season, she joined Cyril Hanouna’s new show, ''{{ill|Balance ton post !|fr}}'', on C8, as a regular columnist.
==== Presenter of ''Face à l'info'' (since 2019) ==== Since her return to TV in 2019, Christine Kelly presents ''Face à l'info'' on CNews, between 19 and 20 pm from Monday to Friday.<ref name="Bien-pensants">{{cite web |access-date=7 July 2020 |date=19 June 2020 |title=Christine Kelly, l'animatrice qui dérange les bien-pensants |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/christine-kelly-l-animatrice-qui-derange-les-bien-pensants-20200619 |website=lefigaro.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>
The program drew controversy for providing a platform to the writer and polemist Éric Zemmour.<ref>François Rousseaux, [https://www.telerama.fr/ecrans/christine-kelly-lanimatrice-de-face-a-linfo-sur-cnews-lalibi-parfait-deric-zemmour-6904671.php?xtor=EPR-126 « Christine Kelly, l’animatrice de “Face à l'info” sur CNews: l’alibi parfait d’Éric Zemmour ? »], ''Télérama'', 23 juin 2021.</ref> Upon its launch, several public figures announced a boycott of the channel; concurrently, Christine Kelly received death threats.<ref name="Bien-pensants" /><ref>{{cite web |date=14 October 2019 |title=" Nous n'irons plus sur CNews ": l'émission de Zemmour suscite une vague de boycott |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/medias/20191014.OBS19761/nous-n-irons-plus-sur-cnews-l-emission-de-zemmour-suscite-une-vague-de-boycott.html# |website=nouvelobs.com}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>. Kelly faced significant criticism and pressure from detractors who accused her of being too complacent toward Zemmour's views. She has since publicly distanced herself from his opinions.<ref name="Bien-pensants" />
''Face à l’info'' quickly became CNews’s flagship program, achieving record ratings with nearly one million viewers in 2021. These figures propelled CNews to the top of the news channel rankings for its time slot, fueling the channel's competitive growth against BFM TV.<ref name="Bien-pensants" /><ref>{{cite web |date=4 May 2021 |title=CNews dépasse BFM TV pour la première fois, et c'est grâce à Eric Zemmour |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/cnews-depasse-bfm-tv-pour-la-premiere-fois-et-cest-grace-a-eric-zemmour_fr_60916132e4b02e74d22c0c2a |access-date=7 May 2021 |website=huffingtonpost.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>
Since January 2021 Christine Kelly presents every Sundays on CNews the program ''La Belle Histoire de France'' (The beautiful history of France), with Franck Ferrand and Marc Menant.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=8 January 2021 |author=Benjamin Meffre |date=8 January 2021 |language=fr |title=Franck Ferrand rejoint "Valeurs actuelles" et CNews |url=https://www.ozap.com/actu/franck-ferrand-rejoint-valeurs-actuelles-et-cnews/600539 |website=ozap.com}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>
In November 2021, Christine Kelly filed a police complaint after receiving death threats via SMS. The case was taken up by the Paris public prosecutor's office in January 2022.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 January 2022 |title=Une enquête ouverte par le parquet de Paris après des menaces de décapitation adressées à Christine Kelly |url=https://www.guadeloupe.franceantilles.fr/actualite/justice/une-enquete-ouverte-par-le-parquet-de-paris-apres-des-menaces-de-decapitation-adressees-a-christine-kelly-607779.php |access-date=7 January 2022 |website=guadeloupe.franceantilles.fr |language=fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> In October of that year, the harasser was sentenced to 18 months of suspended imprisonment and ordered to complete a 'citizenship course' (''stage de citoyenneté'') focused on cyberharassment. Additionally, the court imposed a five-year restraining order, prohibiting any direct or indirect contact with Kelly.<ref>[https://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-513967-exclu-la-journaliste-christine-kelly-reagit-pour-la-premiere-fois-a-la-condamnation-d-un-homme-pour-cyberharcelement-envers-elle-on-n-a-pas-le-droit-d-etre-harcelee-et-insultee-parce-qu-on-fait-son-metier-video.html La journaliste Christine Kelly réagit pour la première fois à la condamnation d’un homme pour cyberharcèlement envers elle: "On n’a pas le droit d’être harcelée et insultée parce qu’on fait son métier"], jeanmarcmorandini.com, 5 octobre 2022</ref>
In April 2023 Kelly sponsored the on line media ''Factuel'', politically oriented to the right.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Laemle |first=Brice |date=13 April 2023 |title=" Factuel ", un nouveau média en ligne parrainé par Christine Kelly et Dominique Rizet |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2023/04/13/factuel-un-nouveau-media-en-ligne-parraine-par-christine-kelly-et-dominique-rizet_6169271_3234.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 September 2023 |work=Le Monde |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=15 September 2023 |date=2023-04-14 |first=Elsa |language=fr |last=de La Roche Saint-André |title="Factuel", nouveau média de la galaxie Stéphane Simon marrainé par Christine Kelly: "ni de droite ni de gauche", mais surtout de droite |url=https://www.liberation.fr/checknews/factuel-nouveau-media-de-la-galaxie-stephane-simon-ni-de-droite-ni-de-gauche-mais-surtout-de-droite-20230414_4SGEONP3ZJFLNOUCPZKJ6GP5MU/ |url-access=subscription |website=Libération}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
On January 17, 2024, Arcom imposed a €50,000 fine on CNews for an episode of the program Face à l'Info broadcast on September 26, 2022, and hosted by Christine Kelly. The sanction was due to a violation of the obligation to ensure honesty and rigor in the presentation and processing of information. At issue was Christine Kelly saing that France ranked behind Mexico in terms of insecurity, citing an unreliable source, with the approval of her guests on set.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pezet |first=Jacques |date=24 January 2024 |title=CNews sanctionnée par l'Arcom pour "manquement à l'honnêteté de l'information": une décision rarissime |url=https://www.liberation.fr/checknews/cnews-et-christine-kelly-sanctionnees-par-larcom-pour-manquement-a-lhonnetete-de-linformation-une-decision-rarissime-20240124_FJ3MEUOO7RDKJACYX6HIF2IOKA/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=17 January 2024 |title=Décision n° 2024–43 du 17 janvier 2024 portant sanction pécuniaire à l'encontre de la Société d'exploitation d'un service d'information (SESI) |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000048991255 |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=arcom.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>
This kind of fine is very rare. And is the second time CNews was sanctioned for this reason. The first time was in 2022 when they were fined for €1.
=== Associative commitments === Christine Kelly is a member of the {{ill|Reporters d'Espoirs|fr}} agency's steering committee since 2006.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=15 July 2012 |title=Christine Kelly |url=http://www.purepeople.com/people/christine-kelly_p1794/ |website=purepeople.com}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
In April 2010 Kelly founded the la Foundation K d’urgences – under the aegis of the Fondation de France – a foundation dedicated to helping single-parent families. Kelly suffered from child abuse and her father was absent during part of her childhood.<ref name="Paris Match">Christine Kelly, interviewée par Karine Grunebaum, [http://www.parismatch.com/People/Christine-Kelly-Le-jour-ou-j-ai-pardonne-a-mes-parents-1548806 « Le jour où j'ai pardonné à mes parents »], ''Paris Match'', semaine du 28 juin au 4 juillet 2018, p. 122.</ref><ref name=":1" />
The foundation has established a free "''speed-dating''" system connecting bailiffs (''Huissier de justice'') with single-parent families to assist them in recovering unpaid alimony.<ref>Marie-Laure Makouke, [http://www.terrafemina.com/culture/livres/articles/11781-christine-kelly-son-combat-pour-aider-les-familles-monoparentales.html Christine Kelly: son combat pour aider les familles monoparentales], ''Terra Femina'', 13 mars 2012</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fondation K d'Urgences |url=http://www.parent-solo.fr/modules/annuaire/article.php?article_id=50 |access-date=17 July 2011 |website=parent-solo.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> It is supported by, among others, Charles Aznavour, Claire Chazal and Michel Drucker.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Galiero |first=Emmanuel |date=25 June 2011 |title=Christine Kelly: " Mon combat pour les familles monoparentales " |work=TV Magazine |page=22 |language=fr}}</ref>
Every year, the foundation organizes "Journée K" (K Day), which attracts nearly 3,000 families and is the largest gathering for single-parent families in France. In 2017, the fifth annual Journée K was held under the patronage of Valérie Pécresse, President of the région Île-de-France region.<ref>[http://fr.1001mags.com/parution/direct-matin/numero-2075-18-mai-2017/page-6-7-texte-integral Les parents solo soutenus], ''Direct Matin'', 18 mai 2017</ref><ref>[http://www.lci.fr/france/journee-k-au-jardin-dacclimatation-le-plus-grand-rassemblement-des-familles-monoparentales-1260885.html "Journée K" au Jardin d’Acclimatation: le plus grand rassemblement des familles monoparentales], ''LCI'', 1er juin 2016</ref>
At the beginning of 2013, Christine Kelly presented ten proposals to support single-parent families to President François Hollande. In June 2014, she launched the Single-Parent Families Charter, which was signed by 22 companies committed to promoting employment opportunities for single-parent families.<ref>[http://www.lexpress.fr/emploi/business-et-sens/monoparentalite-et-emploi-dissiper-le-silence_1548288.html Monoparentalité et emploi: "Dissiper le silence"], L'Express – 03.06.2014</ref>
In 2015, she was appointed as an administrator of the Engie Foundation by Gérard Mestrallet. The foundation supports projects aimed at benefiting young people and promoting employment.<ref name=":2" />
== Summary of professional activities == === Publications ===
* {{Cite book |title=L'Affaire Flactif: enquête sur la tuerie du Grand-Bornand |date=11 May 2006 |publisher=éditions Calmann-Lévy |isbn=2-7021-3655-9 |location=Paris}} * {{Cite book |title=François Fillon: le secret et l'ambition |date=15 November 2007 |publisher=éditions du Moment |isbn=978-2-35417-020-2 |location=Paris}} * {{Cite book |title=La Parole est à la défense |publisher=éditions du Moment. Cowriter: William Gallas |isbn=978-2-35417-035-6 |location=Paris |publication-date=21 November 2008}} * {{Cite book |title=Le Scandale du silence: familles monoparentales |publisher=éditions Léo Scheer |date=14 March 2012 |isbn=978-2-7561-0368-6 |location=Paris}} * {{Cite book |title=Invitée surprise |date=18 November 2015 |publisher=éditions du Moment |isbn=978-2-35417-455-2 |location=Paris}} * {{Cite book |title=François Fillon: les coulisses d'une ascension |publisher=L'Archipel |isbn=2809822026 |publication-date=11 January 2017}} * {{Cite book |title=Libertés sans expression |date=9 June 2022 |publisher=Cherche Midi |isbn=978-2-7491-7219-4}}
=== Media journey === * 1992–1996: ''Caribscope'' sur Archipel 4 * 1997: presenter on Demain TV * 1999: presenter on La Chaîne Météo * 1999: presenter on Voyage * 2000: presenter on RFO * 2000–2007: Morning journals on LCI * 2005–2006: ''Le Magazine'' on Ushuaïa TV * 2008–2009: ''LCI Matin week-end'' sur LCI * 2008–2009: Journals of the Saturdays and Sundays from 6:30 to 10:30 am on LCI * 2018–2019: ''Touche pas à mon poste !'' on C8 * 2018–2019: ''Débat'' sur CNews * 2018–2020: ''Balance ton post !'' sur C8 * 2019: ''Présumé innocent'' sur C8 * Since 2019: ''Face à l'info'' on CNews * Since 2021: ''La Belle Histoire de France'' sur CNews * 2023: ''Mourir n'est pas tuer: le débat'' on C8
== Distinctions ==
* 2010: 50px Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite.<ref>{{cite web |author=Emmanuel Berretta |date=17 May 2010 |title=La patronne de l'info de TF1 décorée par Sarkozy |url=http://www.lepoint.fr/chroniqueurs-du-point/emmanuel-berretta/la-patronne-de-l-info-de-tf1-decoree-par-sarkozy-17-05-2010-455808_52.php |website=lepoint.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * 2021: 50px Officier de l'Ordre national du Mérite.<ref name="offmérite">{{cite web |access-date=28 February 2022 |date=25 November 2021 |title=Décret du 24 novembre 2021 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000044361959 |website=www.legifrance.gouv.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* Guy Dutheil, [https://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medias/article/2005/11/26/christine-kelly-sur-lci-assume-volontiers-son-role-d-icone_714578_3236.html « Christine Kelly, sur LCI, assume volontiers son rôle d'icône »], ''Le Monde'', November 27, 2005. * Vincent Jolly, [https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/christine-kelly-l-animatrice-qui-derange-les-bien-pensants-20200619 « Christine Kelly, l’animatrice qui dérange les bien-pensants »], ''Le Figaro'', June 19, 2020. * François Rousseaux, [https://www.telerama.fr/ecrans/christine-kelly-lanimatrice-de-face-a-linfo-sur-cnews-lalibi-parfait-deric-zemmour-6904671.php?xtor=EPR-126 « Christine Kelly, l’animatrice de “Face à l'info” sur CNews: l’alibi parfait d’Éric Zemmour ? »], ''Télérama'', June 23, 2021. * {{cite web |access-date=28 February 2022 |date=19 February 2022 |language=fr-FR |title=Christine Kelly |url=https://blaque.fr/fiches/tout-ce-quil-faut-savoir-sur/christine-kelly |website=www.blaque.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->: courte biographie de Christine Kelly.
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