Susanna Griso Raventós (born 8 October 1969) is a Spanish journalist and television presenter.

Susanna Griso
Griso in 2017
Born
Susanna Griso Raventós

(1969-10-08) 8 October 1969 (age 55)
Barcelona, Spain
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona
Occupation(s)Journalist, presenter
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Carles Torras Dalmau
(m. 1997; div. 2021)
Awards
Presenting career
Show
StationAntena 3

Biography

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Susanna Griso was born into a large family in Barcelona. Her father is an industrialist of the textile sector and her mother is descended from the family that owns the Codorníu Winery.[1]

With a degree in journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), she began her professional career at Ràdio Sant Cugat and Catalunya Ràdio. In 1993 she presented the TV3 talk shows Tres senyores i un senyor and Fóra de joc. In 1995 she presented the news program Telenotícies [es] and the special Resum de l'any.

In the 1997–1998 season, Griso presented L'informatiu [ca] on TVE Catalonia [es], a period in which she covered the burial of Princess Diana and the wedding of Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin for all of Spain.

In 1998 she started working on Antena 3, joining the show Noticias 1 with Matías Prats, and since December 2006 she has presented the current events program Espejo público [es].[2]

In 2010 she contributed to the photographic exhibition Mujeres al natural, in support of cancer research.[3] In January 2011 she presented a special program about Queen Sofía in connection with the miniseries that Antena 3 broadcast that year. In January 2014, she presented several special programs on The Time in Between, a format that consisted of commenting on the current events of the time and that was broadcast just after each chapter of the series.

Television career

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Appearances on TV series

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Awards and nominations

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Award Year Category Result Ref.
TP de Oro 2003 News Presenter Nominated
Antena de Oro 2006 Television Winner [4]
Micrófono de Oro [es] 2008 Television Winner [5]
TP de Oro 2008 Variety Show Presenter Nominated
Ondas Award 2010 Best Presenter Winner [6]
Joan Ramón Mainat 2014 Presenter Winner [7]
Eisenhower First Amendment Award 2017 Promotion of freedom of the press Winner [8]
Ondas Award 2017 Best Presenter Winner [9]
Nipho Award 2018 Professional Career Winner [10]

Controversies

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Phrases invented in leakage of illegal recording

Asunta Basterra's parents had been detained and placed in nearby dungeons so that police officers could record everything they said to each other. On 30 October 2013, Griso's programme leaked the first recordings of these conversations. A sign that appeared briefly indicated that the phrases were read by actors:

Rosario Porto: "You and your little games? Have you had time to get rid of that?" Alfonso Basterra: "Shut up, maybe they're listening to us."[11]

These phrases do not appear in the official police transcript nor are they heard in any other part of the conversations that were not transcribed; however, they were considered to be true and repeated for years, before and after the trial, by almost all Spanish media, including public television channels.[12][13][14][15]

Interview with Ángel Hernández Pardo

Ángel Hernández Pardo had allegedly helped his wife, who had been sick with multiple sclerosis for 30 years, die. She had attempted suicide 23 years ago and was totally dependent. According to him, she asked him to help her stop suffering.[16]

In an interview in Espejo Público, Hernández indicated that he was very affected, but that he was satisfied for having ended his wife's suffering.

In reference to some videos that the husband had recorded, Griso asked the now widower:[17]

Why did you record those videos? To influence the electoral campaign?

The interviewee responded with:

Me la trae al pairo. (I couldn't care less.)

Days later Griso declared that he made a mistake when phrasing the question and apologized:[18][19]

It is clear that I was wrong in the way I phrased the question. I apologize for that. Susanna Griso

Call for March 8, 2020 In the days before the demonstration for working women on March 8, 2020, Griso encouraged citizens to attend the demonstration even though there had already been 589 people affected and 17 dead from COVID-19.[20][21][22][23]

Let the coronavirus not be an excuse not to go to the March 8. Susanna Griso

Interview with Seth Flaxman, scientist at Imperial College about COVID-19

Griso interviewed Seth Flaxman, a scientist at Imperial College London, in Espejo Público in which the program supposedly tried to link COVID-19 infections with the 8-M demonstrations, even though Flaxman did not make such a link.[24][25]

References

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  1. ^ "Susanna Griso: 'En el asunto del soberanismo catalán, hemos errado todos'" [Susanna Griso: 'In the Matter of Catalan Sovereignty, We Have All Lost']. Periodista Digital (in Spanish). 20 December 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. ^ Quesada, Ana (26 January 2015). "Antena 3 cumple 25 años: recordamos a 25 de sus profesionales más carismáticos" [Antena 3 Turns 25: We Remember 25 of its Most Charismatic Professionals] (in Spanish). Fórmula TV. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Las musas solidarias de Nieves Herrero en Porto Pi" [The Muses of Solidarity with Nieves Herrero in Porto Pi]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 7 September 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  4. ^ Mendoza, Diana (27 July 2008). "Patricia Conde, la más guapa de España" [Patricia Conde, the Prettiest in Spain]. Canarias7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Susanna Griso: 'La mañana es una batalla de alto riesgo'" [Susanna Griso: 'The Morning is a High-Risk Battle']. eldiario.es Vertele!. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Susanna Griso: 'Este Ondas me llena de orgullo y satisfacción'" [Susanna Griso: 'This Ondas Fills Me With Pride and Satisfaction']. eldiario.es Vertele! (in Spanish). 5 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Susanna Griso, premio Joan Ramón Mainat 2014 del FesTVal" (in Spanish). Madrid: Antena 3. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Vocento, premiado en Nueva York por su compromiso con la libertad de expresión" [Vocento, Awarded in New York for His Commitment to Freedom of Expression]. ABC (in Spanish). 6 May 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Susanna Griso, Àngels Barceló y Josep Cuní, premios Ondas 2017". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 18 October 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  10. ^ Camino, Lucía (3 July 2018). "Susanna Griso se queda en Antena 3 hasta 2021" [Susanna Griso Stays on Antena 3 Until 2021]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Primeras conversaciones de los padres de Asunta tras ser detenidos". www.antena3.com. 30 October 2013.
  12. ^ Guscin, Mark (2018). The murder of Asunta Yong Fang. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. pp. 123–124. ISBN 978-1-5275-1150-7.
  13. ^ Abad, Nacho (8 June 2018). "¿Quién hizo las fotos de Asunta?". La Razón (in Spanish).
  14. ^ "La conversación íntegra en los calabozos entre Alfonso Basterra y Rosario Porto: ¿por qué no se pudo usar en el juicio del caso Asunta?". La Voz de Galicia. 2 May 2014.
  15. ^ El rincón del disidente (28 June 2024). "El caso Asunta. Se inventaron la frase de "tú y tus jueguecitos"". www.youtube.com.
  16. ^ "El hombre que ayudó a su mujer a morir evitó hace 23 años que se suicidase". www.lanzadigital.com. 4 April 2019.
  17. ^ "La polémica pregunta de Susanna Griso al hombre que ayudó a morir a su mujer". 6 April 2019. pp. www.abc.es.
  18. ^ "La explicación de Susanna Griso por su inoportuna pregunta al hombre que dejó morir a su mujer". www.abc.es. 6 April 2019.
  19. ^ redacción (6 April 2019). "Susanna Griso: "Está claro que me equivoqué"". La Voz de Galicia.
  20. ^ "Datos del coronavirus a 8 de marzo en España: 589 personas afectadas y 17 muertos". www.immedicohospitalario.es. 8 May 2020.
  21. ^ Palmero, María (15 March 2020). "Susanna Griso, criticada por animar a ir al 8-M: "Que el coronavirus no sea una excusa"". www.vozpopuli.com.
  22. ^ "Susanna Griso animó a ir al 8-M: 'Que el coronavirus no sea una excusa'". www.eldiariodecolon.es. 17 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Coronavirus (COVID-19) - 08 de marzo 2020". Departamento de Seguridad Nacional. 8 March 2020.
  24. ^ Yotele editorial staff (8 April 2020). "Acusan a 'Espejo público' de manipular la entrevista a un científico para vincular el 8M con el coronavirus". El periódico.
  25. ^ Jiménez, Roberto (8 April 2020). "Un reputado científico denuncia a 'Espejo Público' por manipular sus declaraciones sobre el 8M y el coronavirus". huffingtonpost.es.
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