When she arrived at TVA in spring 2021, Véronique Lauzon1 modestly claims that she was able to learn everything from television journalism. Its accelerated learning – live! – now continues to chair the facilitator, with care and joy, with the support of experienced mentors.
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“I found it difficult but so enjoyable. At first you think you’re no good. But you smile and come back the next day! There is no other job like this where you learn in front of people,” emphasizes the woman, who has been switching between weekend animation at LCN and field reports since last summer.
This cheerful, fun-loving person who loves the world had the honor of being welcomed with open arms by an experienced team that still supports her in taming the art of vox pop, managing the teleprompter and controlling unforeseen glitches .
The journalist Yves Poirier was “perfect,” she said. “He really helped me!” » Pierre Bruneau had made an appointment for him to help him reduce the tics he unconsciously developed during his live interviews.
Sophie Thibault and Richard Latendresse, whom she met in London after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, also gave her advice.
“Paul Larocque said to me: “Either you let the machine eat you, or you grab the bull by the balls and grab it!” And that’s true. You can’t just suffer. You have to react, you have to take your place. If there is a problem, you laugh and move on. »
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When she was young, Véronique Lauzon planned to become an actress. After completing her bachelor’s degree at UQAM, she founded a news program called Les jours internationals with friends on the channel Vox (which became MAtv in 2012). If this naive title makes her laugh today, it is in this context that her calling as a communicator arose.
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Véronique Lauzon was welcomed by an experienced team at TVA.
She then worked on Mario Dumont’s column at V (now Noovo) in the early 2010s, temporarily taking detours to Rimouski, Winnipeg and Sudbury for Radio-Canada. There she juggled between culture, weather and general affairs.
When her son was born, she returned near her hometown of Laurentians and worked at the Journal de Montréal for a year before La Presse picked her up in 2013 to do video reports in the “Art” section of the La Presse+ application.
Without denying her previous experiences, Véronique Lauzon believes that it was only at La Presse – where she swapped the camera for the keyboard after the video department closed – that she truly became a journalist. It is the daily newspaper you are reading that has allowed this great all-rounder to change niches without the slightest skepticism and to carry out important investigations (on Charles Dutoit and Éric Lapointe, among others) and to report on trials in the courthouse.
“I used to have less. Through writing you get to know this profession better, you can delve deeper into topics and you have teams around you that help you develop further…”
Now that she has entered the world of journalistic animation, she continues her training surrounded by professionals to whom she can turn to learn the profession quickly.
Host of the bulletins LCN Now, afternoons on LCN, and TVA Nouvelles, on TVA and LCN, Saturdays and Sundays at 12 and 5 p.m. On-site reporter and substitute for the shows “Le Québec Matin”, weekdays at 5:30 a.m., and 100% Nouvelles, weekdays at 2:00 p.m., on LCN. Previously a journalist at La Presse.
1. François Cardinal, deputy editor and vice president of information at La Presse, is the wife of Véronique Lauzon. He was not involved at any time in this reporting.