Born in Paris, she began her career at VSD under the editorship of Maurice Siégel and Jean Gorini, as a reporter, then a correspondent in the United States (1979–1981).
After a stint at ELLE (French and British editions), she joined The European, as Paris bureau chief for the newspaper until 1998.
[citation needed] In an investigation of a controversy started in 2000 and still disputed today, she wrote that the France 2 State broadcaster correspondent Charles Enderlin's coverage of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, particularly the killing of Muhammad al-Durrah, was respected by many journalists but regularly criticized by pro-Israel groups.
[3] She wrote that under President of France Emmanuel Macron the French-German relationship has notably deteriorated.
[5][6] She is the granddaughter of Member of Parliament and former Popular Front (1936–1938) minister Marius Moutet.