Cristina Olea (born 28 November 1982) is a Spanish journalist.
Cristina Olea | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cristina Olea Fernández 28 November 1982 Vigo, Spain |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | Televisión Española |
| Awards | Golden Globe in the World Media Festival |
Biography
editOlea did her initial training at the University of Santiago de Compostela where she graduated in Journalism in 2004, she also took a Master's degree in Television Journalism from the RTVE Institute and the 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 been a special envoy to various countries around the world, she covered the United States elections in 2012 when Obama was elected and the conclave in 2013 when Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the new Pope of the Catholic Church adopting the name of 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ "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.