Cristina Olea
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| Born | Cristina Olea Fernández 28 November 1982 Vigo, Spain |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | Televisión Española |
| Awards | Golden Globe in the World Media Festival |
Cristina Olea (born 28 November 1982) is a Spanish journalist.
Biography
Olea did her initial training at the University of Santiago de Compostela where she graduated in Journalism in 2004. She also earned a Master's degree in Television Journalism from the RTVE Institute, and a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) in Humanities from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Since 2006, she has worked for Televisión Española as a parliamentary reporter and later, in the international section. She has served as a special envoy to various countries and covered major events, including the 2012 United States elections, when Barack Obama was re-elected, and the 2013 papal conclave, when Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope, taking the name Francis.[1]
Since 2018 she has been a correspondent for Televisión Española in Washington D. C. (United States).[2] In January 2021 she interviewed former US President Barack Obama for the program Informe Semanal.[3]
Awards
- 2013
- Golden Globe in the World Media Festival (Hamburg) for her report The disenchantment of Europe for the news program En Portada.
- 2013
- Grand Prize of the Jury of the World Media Festival (Hamburg) with El desencanto de Europa, report for the program En Portada.[4]
References
- ^ "Trabajos profesionales de periodismo de Cristina Olea" [Cristina Olea's professional journalism works]. El Televistero (in Spanish). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Cristina Olea. Televisión pública española en Washington D.C" [Cristina Olea. Spanish public television in Washington D.C]. RTVE (in Spanish). 27 January 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Nueva entrevista internacional de TVE: Cristina Olea conversará con Obama tras la investidura de Biden" [New international TVE interview: Cristina Olea will speak with Obama after Biden's inauguration]. El Periódico (in Spanish). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "El desencanto de Europa de En Portada, premiado en el World Media Festival 2013" [The disenchantment of Europe from En Portada, awarded at the World Media Festival 2013]. RTVE (in Spanish). 9 April 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2022.