“Good evening…”, from “Queen Christine” to Léa Salamé, these women who made the history of the news
data-modal-image-caption=Hélène Vida presents her first 8 p.m. news on Antenne 2 in June 1976. On the right, France 2's teaser to orchestrate Léa Salamé's first newscast on France 2 on September 1, 2025. data-modal-image-credit=/GAMMA-RAPHO / François LOCHON / Cyrille Georges JERUSALMI - France Télévisions / cyrille george jerusalmi> 
ANALYSIS - Fifty years after the very first "8pm news" presented by Hélène Vida, following in the footsteps of Christine Ockrent and Claire Chazal, the former star journalist of the France Inter morning show wants to put her own stamp on the news show.
In the spring of 1976, a year after the break-up of ORTF, as desired by President Giscard, the appointment of Hélène Vida to the "20 Heures" on Antenne 2 caused a storm within the editorial staff. " We were talking about the new presenter... because she was a presenter. (...) She's not a pin-up, we blame her for that. If she were one, we would blame her for that too ," wrote Le Figaro at the time. " And then there are all those who fail to see the difference between a journalist who presents and a female announcer who announces . " Those to whom the woman in question replied: " On television, there are three kinds of women. The female announcers, who have time to prepare to face the camera and whose job it is to be pleasant to watch. The actresses, who are on stage. These two give a distorted image of women; and then there are the journalists." You have to accept your face as it is. Why should I have to use makeup to erase dark circles and wrinkles?
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