Cristina Olea

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Oleaand the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Cristina Olea
Born	Cristina Olea Fernández (1982-11-28) 28 November 1982 (age 43) 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

1. "Trabajos profesionales de periodismo de Cristina Olea" [Cristina Olea's professional journalism works]. El Televistero (in Spanish). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "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.