María Casado (journalist)
María Casado | |
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 María Casado during the 34th Goya Awards in 2020 | |
| Born | María Casado Paredes March 14, 1978 Barcelona, Spain |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, journalist |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Employer(s) | RNE, Catalunya Ràdio, TVE, Soho TV |
María Casado Paredes (born 14 March 1978) is a Spanish journalist and presenter. She is known for her longstanding involvement in the newscast department of Televisión Española (TVE) from 2005 to 2020.
Biography
[edit]Born in Barcelona on 14 March 1978.[1] After earning a licentiate degree in journalism from the University of Barcelona, she started working for the public radio broadcaster Radio Nacional de España (RNE) in 1999,[2] as editor in Ràdio 4.[3] After a brief spell in the Catalan public radio broadcaster Catalunya Ràdio as producer of El matí, she returned to RNE in 2003.[4]
She entered TVE's newscast service in 2005.[2] She became the anchor of the weekend edition of the Telediario in 2006 and co-hosted Informe Semanal from 2007 to 2009.[5] She joined the political debate program 59 segundos in 2009 (she had already hosted its Catalan-language equivalent 59 segons in the TV blocks of the Spanish public broadcaster in Catalonia).[6] After the latter Globomedia-produced program was axed because of its costs in 2012, Casado briefly continued as host of its successor El debate de La 1,[7] as she soon became the presenter of the breakfast television news program Los Desayunos de TVE in that year, replacing Ana Pastor.[5][3] She left Los Desayunos in 2016 to replace Mariló Montero as host of the morning television show La Mañana.[8] She became the chairwoman of the Spain's Academy of Television and Audiovisual Arts and Sciences in 2018.[1][9] In 2020, after 4 years hosting La Mañana, she was replaced by the meteorologist Mònica López as presenter of the show, which was renamed as La Hora de La 1.[10][11] She subsequently left TVE and joined Antonio Banderas' Málaga-based production company Soho TV.[12][9]
In 2020, Casado was the presenter on the Banderas-directed music web television series Escena en blanco y negro, released on Amazon Prime Video.[13] On 6 March 2021, Casado and Banderas directed and hosted the 35th Goya Awards ceremony.[14]
Her return to TVE was announced in October 2021, set the host a weekly show produced in Sant Cugat del Vallès.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "María Casado, nueva presidenta de la Academia de Televisión". El País. 5 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Lo que no sabías de María Casado, el relevo de Mariló Montero en TVE". ¡Hola!. 30 August 2016.
- ^ a b "María Casado, la reina del pirulí". abcplay. ABC. 5 December 2018.
- ^ Hernández, Nuria (1 July 2020). "Antonio Banderas y María Casado presentarán los Goya: así es el lado más personal de la periodista". Vanity Fair.
- ^ a b "María Casado sustituye a Ana Pastor en 'Los Desayunos'". Heraldo de Aragón. 20 August 2012.
- ^ Roselló, Beatriz (22 July 2009). "María Casado 'ficha' por '59 segundos'". El Mundo.
- ^ Gómez, R.G. (10 April 2012). "TVE reinventa '59 segundos'". El País.
- ^ Guerrero, Hamlet D. (31 August 2016). "María Casado da un giro a 'La mañana de La 1'". El País.
- ^ a b Urreta, Edurne (23 May 2020). "María Casado, purgada de TVE pero rescatada por Antonio Banderas: "Me hace soñar"". El Mundo.
- ^ "TVE sustituye a María Casado por Mónica López al frente de 'La Mañana'". La Vanguardia. 8 May 2020.
- ^ "'La Hora de La 1', así se llamará el nuevo matinal de Mònica López". La Vanguardia. 29 July 2020.
- ^ "María Casado deja TVE y se une a la nueva productora de televisión de Antonio Banderas". abcplay. ABC. 19 May 2020.
- ^ Puig, Francesc (14 December 2020). "'Escena en blanco y negro', una forma distinta de acercarse a los músicos". La Vanguardia.
- ^ "Antonio Banderas y María Casado dirigirán y presentarán la próxima gala de los Goya". El País (in Spanish). July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "La 1 recupera a María Casado con un programa semanal". Audiovisual451. 20 October 2021.
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