At 30, this Europe 1 reporter wins the Bayeux Prize for the second time. After being rewarded for reporting on entering Mosul in 2017, she has just been awarded the trophy for her work on jihadist women in Syria.
Three questions to ...
Gwendoline Debono, Europe 1, laureate of the Radio Prize in 2017 and 2018.
You are the only candidate to win the same prize twice in a row. Do you think that your writing
will you look differently?
I do not know if that will change anything. This Prize validates the editorial choices precisely. In our team, it's a job of trust. This report of a duration of three minutes thirty was broadcast in the morning. This topic was important enough to give him enough space at this prime time. That's what Patrick Cohen estimated at the time.
Under what conditions did you make this report?
I left for two weeks on the spot, but not to realize this subject. I was going to Syria, because the Kurds had lost a city. There, someone told me about these 500 jihadist women, some of whom were French. I did not have it particularly in mind, but I spent two days in this camp, where they were neither prisoners nor refugees. I was the first to be able to enter and to collect their testimony. This report was broadcast two days later on Europe 1 .
Would you like to be part of the jury next year?
If the opportunity arose to become a juror, I would accept it with pleasure. I think it's important to participate. In the meantime, I celebrated this champagne trophy before storing it in my library. Some of my friends are already joking about a third prize!