Harry Roselmack, born March 20, 1973 in Tours

Tours

Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...

, is a French radio and TV journalist of Martinique

Martinique

Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...

 descent.

Career

Harry Roselmack graduated with degrees in History (DEUG) and Journalism (DUT).

He began to work for a local radio station, during this period. Then, he wrote some sports papers for a regional news paper La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest. Roselmack has worked with Radio France

Radio France

Radio France is a French public service radio broadcaster.-Mission:Radio France's two principal missions are:* To create and expand the programming on all of their stations; and...

, in 2000 (France Bleu

France Bleu

France Bleu is a network of 43 local and regional radio stations in France. National programming from Paris is relayed by local and regional stations supplemented with local news and content. It is part of the public broadcaster Radio France...

, France Info

France Info

France Info is a major French public news radio station, part of the Radio France group. The station is available across the country broadcasting world news 24 hours...

) before joining Canal+

Canal+

Canal+ is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. It is 80% owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted...

.

In 2006, he was appointed official summer replacement for Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

Patrick Poivre d'Arvor is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed PPDA. With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of television news to his credit, he was one of the longest serving newsreaders in the world until he was fired in 2008...

, the evening news anchorman, by TF1

TF1

TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...

. This decision triggered a number of moves between the major networks. Thomas Hugues

Thomas Hugues

Thomas Hughes is a French journalist, producer and television host.-Early life:He joined the Institut d'Études Politiques of Bordeaux in 1983. During his schooling, he did an internship for the newspaper Sud Ouest. In 1987, he entered the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme of Lille.-Career:In 1989,...

, who has held this position for many years, left the channel, followed by his wife Laurence Ferrari

Laurence Ferrari

Laurence Ferrari is a French journalist of Italian origin, and currently anchor of the TF1 weekday evening news. It is the most viewed news television programme in Europe.-Early life and education:...

, who was the official summer replacement of Claire Chazal

Claire Chazal

Claire Chazal is a French journalist, romance writer, and director of news at a national television station, TF1....

. Mélissa Theuriau

Mélissa Theuriau

Mélissa Theuriau is a French journalist and news anchor for M6. She studied Journalism and became a newscaster on TV. She became an internet phenomenon when a compilation of her reading news was uploaded and newspapers voted her the world's most beautiful news reporter...

 was offered Ferrari's job which she turned down the offer, leaving for M6

Métropole 6

M6, also known as Metropole television, is the most profitable private national French TV channel and the third most watched television network in the French-speaking world...

. Eventually, TF1 hired Anne-Sophie Lapix

Anne-Sophie Lapix

Anne-Sophie Lapix is a French journalist and television presenter. She deputises for Claire Chazal, presenting the evening news bulletin from Friday to Sunday as well as the lunchtime bulletin at 1 o'clock at the weekend, when she is away on TF1...

 to succeed Ferrari. She will also host Sept à huit together with Roselmack, a show which was formerly hosted by Hugues and Ferrari.

Harry Roselmack debuted on TF1 on July 17, 2006, becoming the channel's first black evening news anchorman, and garnering as much as 44.8% of the audience (over 8 million viewers).