At only 13 years old, Rouennais Louan exceeds one million views on Twitter – francebleu.fr

Louan looks like any 13-year-old boy, except he’s totally passionate about news and news, for several years. A year ago he even created a Twitter account on which he publishes replays of France Info Tv.

“Since I was little, I’ve been a fan of the news. I watch all the newspapers of TF1 and France Info in particular. I love to know what is happening in the world”, Louan explains. He often made “news flash” at home, until the day he decided to post one on Twitter. Within hours, her very professional video was viewed 1.2 million times. Louan has received a lot of messages, especially from journalists.

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Manage my choices

“People congratulate me, give me advice. It makes me really happy. But it feels a little weird overnight, I admit that it’s difficult to manage”, confides the teenager.

“Keep your feet on the ground”

The young man’s parents do not work in journalism at all and only help their son when he asks them. “We helped him to equip himself, but he manages everything, all alone on his computer. He is in total autonomy. So obviously, seeing that he has exceeded one million views, it’s huge! The work pays off , we are very proud “, says the dad, who admits to being a little overwhelmed by the magnitude of the video.

Louan and his father Sébastien in the premises of France Bleu Normandie. They have responded to numerous interviews in recent days. © Radio France
– Lea Dubost

Louan was invited to participate in the morning of France Info, September 1, in the company of journalist Samuel Etienne. The young man awaits this moment with great impatience and stress.

“It’s great what’s going on. But you have to keep your feet on the ground, he’s only 13 years old”, adds Sébastien, the father of the future journalist. Because everything can stop overnight on social networks. But Louan intends to use this recent popularity for finding internships.

On the other hand, he confides to apprehend the re-entry in fourth. “My friends weren’t really following what I was doing. But since the video, I have lots of new followers. I don’t know how they will react when the new school year begins. “

“Keep your feet on the ground”

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