Marie Le Conte Explained

Marie Le Conte
Birth Date:1991
Birth Place:Nantes
Occupation:Journalist, Author
Education:University of Westminster

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

Early life

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

Journalist

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

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

Le Conte is bisexual.[23]

Notes and References

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

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