{{Short description|French television journalist (born 1987)}} {{Infobox person | name = Martin Weill | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|04|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Paris, France | occupation = Television journalist | education = École supérieure de journalisme de Lille }}
'''Martin Jean Weill''' (born 11 April 1987 in Paris, France)<ref name="LeMouv">{{cite web|language=fr|title=Martin Weill: Envoyé spécial pour Le Petit Journal|url=http://www.lemouv.fr/diffusion-martin-weill-envoye-special-pour-le-petit-journal|website=Le Mouv'|date=22 November 2013|accessdate=2 February 2016}}</ref> is a French television journalist. Since September 2016 he has worked as a foreign correspondent for the nightly news and entertainment programme ''Quotidien'', broadcast on TMC. From 2013 to 2016 he worked in a similar role on Canal+'s ''Le Petit Journal''.
== Biography == thumb|Countries visited by Martin Weill. Son of Pierre-Alain Weill, a printer, entrepreneur and socialist local politician,<ref>https://www.weill16e.paris/ {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> Martin Weill studied history at Paris-Sorbonne University and went on to study at the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux and at the University of Cardiff before graduating from the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille.<ref name="teleobs">{{cite web|language=fr|last1=Tatu|first1=Natacha|title=Martin Weill, le nouveau visage de l'info|url=http://teleobs.nouvelobs.com/actualites/20160112.OBS2652/martin-weill-le-nouveau-visage-de-l-info.html|work=L'Obs|date=17 January 2016|accessdate=2 February 2016}}</ref> From there he began his journalistic career, aged 26, at the French national television channel TF1, producing reports for the 1 pm and 8 pm news programmes.<ref name="LeMouv"/>
From September 2012 to June 2013, Weill worked as a reporter for Canal+'s Sunday afternoon programme ''Le Supplément''. Since 26 August 2013 he has worked as a special correspondent for the nightly news and entertainment programme ''Le Petit Journal'', hosted by Yann Barthès.<ref name="LeMouv"/> He has reported from a large number of countries around the world; in January 2016 it was reported that he had accumulated 553 803 kilometres of travel in a little over two years of working for ''Le Petit Journal'', or the equivalent of 14 trips around the world.<ref name="teleobs"/> Weill speaks English, French, Spanish, and some Portuguese.<ref name="teleobs"/>
In the days following the November 2015 Paris terror attacks, ''Le Petit Journal'' sent its reporters on to the streets of Paris to document the public's reactions.<ref name="teleloisirs"/> Weill recorded an interview with a six-year-old boy named Brandon, who, when asked if he understood why the attackers had done what they had done, responded: "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."<ref name="smh">{{cite news|last1=Levy|first1=Megan|title=Paris attacks: father and son's talk about 'bad guys' shared around the world|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/paris-attacks-father-and-sons-talk-about-bad-guys-shared-around-the-world-20151117-gl1ezk.html|accessdate=21 March 2016|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 November 2016}}</ref> Videos of the interview went viral in both the French-<ref name="teleloisirs"/> and English-speaking world.<ref name="smh"/> Brandon and his father were later invited to ''Le Petit Journal'''s studio to be interviewed once again by Weill and Barthès.<ref name="teleloisirs">{{cite news|last1=Lebreton|first1=Claire|title=Touchant et amusant : Le Petit Journal invite le petit garçon qui a ému la France avec sa phrase : "Les méchants, c'est pas très gentil" (VIDEO)|url=http://www.programme-tv.net/news/tv/75012-touchant-et-amusant-le-petit-journal-invite-le-petit-garcon-qui-a-emu-la-france-avec-sa-phrase-les-mechants-c-est-pas-tres-gentil-video/|accessdate=21 March 2016|work=Télé-loisirs|date=20 November 2015|language=fr}}</ref>
== Criticisms == The association Acrimed strongly criticized Le Petit Journal's international reports, arguing that there was no real merit in the number of kilometers traveled or countries visited, and that "the omnipresence of reporter Martin Weill" was not very compatible with delivering quality international information.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/actu/comment-le-petit-journal-maltraite-lactualite-internationale-356819-01-02-2016/|title=Le Petit Journal maltraite-t-il l'actualité internationale ? | Les Inrocks|website=www.lesinrocks.com}}</ref>
In early December 2017, journalist Nassira El Moaddem accused Hugo Clément and Martin Weill of "harassment," "sexism," and "racism" during their time as students together in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liberation.fr/checknews/2017/12/12/qu-est-ce-qu-il-s-est-passe-entre-nassira-el-moaddem-et-hugo-clement-sur-twitter_1652865/|title=Qu'est-ce qu'il s'est passé entre Nassira El Moaddem et Hugo Clément sur Twitter ?|website=Libération}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://twitter.com/mweill Martin Weill's Twitter page]
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