Ana Blanco
{{short description|Spanish journalist and news anchor}}
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| birthname = Ana Isabel Blanco López
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|11|28}}
| birth_place = Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
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| occupation = News anchor
| years_active = 1980–2024
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| alma_mater = University of Deusto
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Ana Isabel Blanco López (born 28 November 1960){{Cite web |last=Fernández |first=José María |date=2024-02-22 |title=El Cierre Digital avanzó jubilación presentadora Ana Blanco RTVE |url=https://elcierredigital.com/masmedia/493892812/presentadora-informativos-ana-blanco-jubilaci%C3%B3n-dice-adios-rtve.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=elcierredigital.com}} is a Spanish newscaster. From 1990 to 2022 she anchored Televisión Española's flagship daily newscast Telediario, on its three main editions –afternoon, evening, and weekend– in different seasons. She also hosted for some time the weekly Informe Semanal.
Career
Blanco started her career in radio in 1980 as a contributor of Cadena SER, later in 1989 she debuted in television as host, along with Agustín Bravo, of the cultural-oriented program Zip-zap in Telemadrid.{{cite web|title=Ana Blanco cumple 20 años en TVE|url=http://www.ideal.es/granada/v/20101121/sociedad/blanco-cumple-anos-20101121.html|website=Ideal.es|accessdate=27 July 2014}}{{cite web|title=Ana Blanco. Presentadora del Telediario Primera Edición|url=http://www.rtve.es/rtve/20101221/ana-blanco-presentadora-del-telediario-primera-edicion/388883.shtml|publisher=RTVE|accessdate=27 July 2014}}
On 15 September 1990, she debuted on Televisión Española (TVE) as anchor of the weekend edition of Telediario along with Francine Gálvez.{{cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/telediario/telediario-fin-semana-1-15-09-90-estreno-ana-blanco/3279191/|title=15/09/90 - Estreno de Ana Blanco|website=RTVE|date=15 September 1990|language=es}} The following season (1991–92) she anchored the afternoon edition of Noticias de La 2. Since 28 September 1992, she anchored the different editions of Telediario –afternoon, evening, and weekend– in different seasons, making her the longest running presenters in the history of the newscast, celebrating her thirty years in 2020.{{cite web |url=http://ecoteuve.eleconomista.es/informativos/noticias/7002698/09/15/Diez-cosas-que-no-sabias-de-la-superviviente-Ana-Blanco-que-cumple-25-anos-en-TVE.html |title=Diez cosas que no sabías de Ana Blanco, una 'superviviente' que cumple 25 años en TVE |website=ecoteuve.es |date=September 15, 2015 |access-date=May 4, 2018 |language=es}} On 11 September 2001, she opened Telediario 1 with the breaking live feed of the World Trade Center's North Tower in New York since it had been hit a few minutes before. She hosted that newscast, narrating the events live, for more than seven hours straight, making it the longest Telediario news bulletin in its history.{{cite web|website=rtve.es lab|title=Telediario, history of an image|url=https://lab.rtve.es/telediario-historia-de-una-imagen|access-date=11 September 2023|language=es}}
During all these years, she has also hosted numerous special informative programs, including special programs on the occasion of different elections, of major breaking news, of historic events, and of anniversaries of historic events. On 15 July 2022, after thirty-two years and more than 7,400 newscast presented on TVE she hosted a Telediario for the last time. On 29 August 2022, RTVE announced that she had stepped down the daily newscast.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/play/television/noticias/abci-blanco-deja-telediario-202208291211_noticia.html|website=ABC|date=29 August 2022|first=Óscar|last=Rus|title=Ana Blanco deja el Telediario de TVE}} Although just a few days later she covered from London the events after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, this being her last work onscreen for the newscast.{{cite news|url=https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/noticias/ana-blanco-reaparece-telediario-tve-londres-muerte-reina-isabel_1_9302962.html|title=Ana Blanco reaparece en el 'Telediario': TVE la envía a Londres por la muerte de Isabel II|newspaper=elDiario.es|date=9 September 2022|language=es}} From 9 September 2023 until 24 February 2024, she hosted the weekly Informe Semanal.{{cite news|url=https://www.elmundo.es/television/2023/09/07/64f9d9bee4d4d855368b45b5.html|title=Ana Blanco será la presentadora de Informe Semanal para la nueva temporada|newspaper=El Mundo|date=7 September 2023|language=es}} She decided to take early retirement, which will take effect on 29 March.{{cite news|url=https://www.rtve.es/rtve/20240222/comunicado-rtve/15981161.shtml|title=Comunicado de RTVE sobre Ana Blanco|website=RTVE|language=es|date=22 February 2024}}
Awards
- ATV award for best news anchor (2000, 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2012)
- Antena de Oro award (1999)
- TP de Oro for best news anchor (2007 and 2008)
- ATV Jesús Hermida Lifetime Achievement Award (2018)
References
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