[2] Carine Fouteau studied history at Université Paris I where she graduated with a bachelor's degree.
[3] At first writing on labor and working conditions, she created in 2003 a new section of the newspaper focused on social matters: laicity, immigration, demography…[4] In 2008 after LVMH's acquisition of Les Echos, Carine Fouteau joined the brand new online newspaper Mediapart, specializing in migration.
She became one of the two chief editors ten years later, in 2018, associated with Stéphane Alliès.
In 2024 she succeeded to other Mediapart co-founder Edwy Plenel as president and head of publication.
[5] Mediapart, which is the third generalist daily French newspaper,[6] became the first to be managed exclusively by women.