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David Pujadas in Washington (2012).
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Born |
Barcelona, Spain |
December 2, 1964
Notable credit(s) | Le 20 Heures de France 2, Les Infiltrés on France 2 |
Spouse(s) | Ingrid Pujadas |
David Pujadas (French: [david pyʒadas], Spanish: [daˈβið puˈxaðas], Catalan: [dəˈβit puˈʒaðəs]) was born in Barcelona (Spain), on December 2, 1964, to a Spanish father and a French mother.
A former news broadcaster for TF1's LCI, he now is an anchorman on France 2's weeknight newscast, Le Journal de 20 Heures, at 20:00 CET in Metropolitan France. He has anchored these newscasts since September 2001, when he replaced Claude Sérillon, on orders from Olivier Mazerolle, the new France 2 news director.
The newscasts Pujadas presents are repeated in Canada on TV5 Monde weeknights at 6:30 North American Eastern Time, and in Australia on SBS at 8:40 weekday mornings.
In Metropolitan France, the audience for France 2's flagship evening newscast, at 20%, is less than the 26% audience share garnered by Laurence Ferrari's TF1 evening newscast
David Pujadas has gone to the middle East for interviews of the Iranian and Syrian Presidents.