Marie Le Conte

Marie Le Conte
Born1991
Nantes
EducationUniversity of Westminster
Occupation(s)Journalist, Author

Marie Le Conte (born 1991)[1] is a French-Moroccan journalist and author, based in London.

Early life

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Le Conte grew up in Nantes, in the Loire-Atlantique area of France. She has Moroccan heritage.[2] She had work experience at the Ouest-France newspaper in her home region, prior to moving to London to study journalism.[3] She graduated with a BA in journalism from the University of Westminster in 2013.[4]

Career

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Journalist

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As a journalist she worked from 2015 as Evening Standard political diarist, and from 2016 until 2017 was the politics correspondent for BuzzFeed News.[5] In 2016 she was named by MHP Communications on their ‘30 To Watch’ annual list of young journalists in the UK media industry.[6]

She has written for the Sunday Times, The Guardian, the New Statesman and The Independent, amongst others.[7] She was named as one of Forbes magazine’s ‘30 under 30’ in 2018.[8]

Le Conte wrote about the differences in experience for men and women MPs in Westminster for Elle in 2022.[9]

She has also interviewed major female UK political figures, including Emily Thornberry for Politics Home,[10] and Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in 2021 for Vogue.[11] Other women politicians profiled for the same publication have included Zarah Sultana, Charlotte Nichols, Taiwo Owatemi, and Sarah Owen.[12] Le Conte has guested on the current affairs podcast Oh God, What Now?[13] and interviewed Scottish MP Mhairi Black on its sister podcast The Bunker.[14]

She has written about British politics for Politico.eu,[15] and has written about British attitudes from an outsider perspective.[16] She has, with co-host Gráinne Maguire, produced a podcast called Changing Politics.[17]

In 2019, she made headlines by calling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's then-boyfriend Riley Roberts a "bin raccoon", comments for which she later apologised.[18]

Author

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Le Conte wrote a collection of personal essays on race, language and identity in 2016, published by Von Zos.[19]

Writing about Westminster politics, she authored the book Haven’t You Heard? A Guide To Westminster Gossip And Why Mischief Gets Things Done, which was published in September 2019.[20] She wrote the book Honourable Misfits: A Brief History of Britain’s Weirdest, Unluckiest, and most Dangerous MPs in 2021.[21]

Le Conte authored the book Escape: How a Generation Shaped, Destroyed and Survived the Internet, which was published in 2022.[22]

Personal life

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Le Conte is bisexual.[23]

References

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  1. ^ Cunliffe, Rachel (August 29, 2022). ""Our online lives can never truly be our own": Marie Le Conte on the generation that broke the internet". New Statesman. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "A Cheapskate guide to Stockwell – with journalist and author Marie Le Conte". December 12, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  3. ^ Lamnaouer, Leila (September 11, 2019). "Marie Le Conte chronicles British politics through rumors and gossip". london.frenchmorning.com (in French).
  4. ^ "Marie Le Conte". Westminster.ac.uk. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  5. ^ "Escape: How a generation shaped, destroyed and survived the internet with Marie Le Conte". University of Oxford. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  6. ^ "MHP recognises young journalism talent". Gorkana.com. April 29, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  7. ^ "Marie Le Conte". Royal Society of Arts. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  8. ^ "Marie Le Conte". Forbes. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  9. ^ Le Conte, Marie (September 15, 2022). "What It's Really Like Being A Woman In Westminster". Elle.com. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  10. ^ "Unparliamentary Language: Emily Thornberry". Politics Home. July 11, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  11. ^ Mason, Richard (October 30, 2021). "Nicola Sturgeon Vogue interview: Journalist clears the air over 'no go areas'". thenational.scot. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  12. ^ Le Conte, Marie (April 21, 2021). "New House Rules: Meet The 4 Women MPs Reshaping The Labour Party". Vogue. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  13. ^ "Marie Le Conte". Podchasers.com. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  14. ^ ""Westminster Is Failing Us" – Mhairi Black On The SNP's Future". player.fm. March 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  15. ^ Le Conte, Marie (January 31, 2022). "Partygate paradox: Why are the Brits so obsessed with Boris Johnson's parties?". Politico.eu. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  16. ^ Le Conte, Marie (January 31, 2023). "Just like Eva Green, I'm French and I'm rude. And no, I don't care what you think". The Guardian. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  17. ^ "The podcast that hopes to change the world : News 2018". Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  18. ^ "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's boyfriend got a makeover after haters said he looked like a 'bin raccoon'". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  19. ^ "Marie Le Conte". marjacq.com. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  20. ^ Adeluwoye, Daniella. "Marie Le Conte: 'To understand politics in this country, it is vital to factor in the friendships and feuds'". Varsity.co.uk. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  21. ^ Letts, Quentin (July 10, 2021). "Honourable Misfits by Marie Le Conte review — a brief history of Britain's most eccentric MPs". The Times. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  22. ^ Stokel-Walker, Chris (September 6, 2022). "Escape by Marie Le Conte — what the internet did to us". Financial Times. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  23. ^ https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-august-2020/the-eye-of-the-storm/
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