Catherine Matausch began her career in journalism as an intern of the editorial staff at a local newspaper before joining the local news service of France 3.
20 Facts About Catherine Matausch
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Catherine Matausch was the co-presenter of the monthly spiritual show Agape and the live music programme Dicos d'Or.
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On 5 March 1960, Catherine Matausch was born in either Brignoles or Cabasse in Var, France.
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Catherine Matausch is the oldest of four children to a mining father from Czechoslovakia called Eric Matausch and a mother by the name of Nadine Matausch who worked as a cermacist in a workshop.
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Catherine Matausch had some relatives who were painters, and she became interested in painting when she was in her teenage years, something her father disapproved of because he believed she would abuse drugs and not obtain employment.
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Catherine Matausch then thought of going into journalism due to her like of writing.
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Catherine Matausch undertook journalism studies at the Bordeaux-Aquitaine Journalism Institute in Bordeaux.
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In mid-1982, Catherine Matausch began her career in journalism as an intern member of the editorial staff at the Var-Matin newspaper.
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Catherine Matausch went on to read the news on the Amiens programme at the France 3 Bourgogne television station and then read the local Picardy newspaper from November 1982.
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Catherine Matausch was a junior worker at France 3 for the following seven years.
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Three years later, Catherine Matausch joined the national editorial staff of France 3, working as a society reporter for the Soir 3 programme.
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Catherine Matausch replaced Richard Tripault as the presenter of Soir 3 on weekends from September 1993.
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Catherine Matausch co-hosted with Herve Claude the Agape monthly spiritual adventure programme until 2009.
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Catherine Matausch took some time off work due to an injury she sustained in a sports accident in early 2016 and was replaced by Nathanael de Rincquesen until 19 February of that year.
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Catherine Matausch took further time off work between March and May 2022 due to illness and was replaced by Christophe Gascard, David Boeri and Sophie Le Saint during that period.
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Catherine Matausch first drew in her bedroom before moving to a studio and then her living room.
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Catherine Matausch published the book Instants Nomades in 2015, a collection of poetic images accompanied with text by Stephane Beau.
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Catherine Matausch was the sponsor of the Noirmoutier Science Festival in late 2019 because of the opportunity to learn from neuroscience and how to care for the human body.
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Catherine Matausch is a divorcee and the mother of two children.
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Catherine Matausch was diagnosed with lung cancer in early 2021 which was treated.