Ruth Elkrief
Ruth Elkrief is a French-Moroccan television journalist.Early life
Ruth Elkrief was born on December 1, 1960, in Morocco. Her great-uncle, Chalom Messas, was a rabbi. She emigrated to France with her family as a teenager.
Elkief graduated from Sciences Po. She earned a postgraduate degree in journalism from the Centre de Formation des Journalistes.Career
Elkrief was a correspondent for TF1 in Washington, D.C. in 1990. A year later, in 1991, she was appointed as the head of its political programmes. She joined La Chaîne Info in 1994 and BFM TV in 2005.
Elkrief became a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 2008.Elkrief is married to Claude Czechowski. They have two daughters.
