Andreea Esca
{{Short description|Romanian television journalist}}
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| birth_name = Andreea Ioana Esca
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|08|29}}
| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania
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| citizenship = Romanian
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| employer = Pro TV
| occupation = Journalist
| years_active = 1995-present
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| parents = Dumitru Esca, Lucia Esca
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Andreea Ioana Esca Eram ({{nee|Esca}}, {{IPA|ro|anˈdree̯a iˈo̯ana ˈeska}}; born 29 August 1972) is a Romanian television journalist. Being one of the most influential faces in Romanian media, she has been working for Pro TV since December 1995. She also hosts "La radio", a show aired on Radio Europa FM. She is married to Alexandre Eram, with whom she has two children: Alexia and Aris.
She graduated from a journalism school in 1990. She studied at CNN. She has been working as a news presenter at the Romanian television channel PRO TV for 27 years, since its beginning.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eva.ro/moda/esca/articol1.html |title=Andreea Esca Eram, asa cum n-o vedem la televizor - Moda - Eva |access-date=2010-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203162706/http://www.eva.ro/moda/esca/articol1.html |archive-date=2010-02-03 |url-status=dead }}
In 2002, she won the National Audiovisual Council prize for "Woman of the Year". She has been married since 2000 to businessman Alexandre Douglas Eram. They have two children.
Since 2006 she is the editorial director of "The One" magazine. Andreea is also a member of the "CNN World Report" team. In 2014 she released an autobiography titled "Ce-am făcut când am tăcut" [What I did while I was quiet] (in Romanian).{{cite web|url=http://www.ziare.com/andreea-esca/biografie|title=Andreea Esca - Biografie|trans-title=Andreea Esca - Biography|language=Romanian|publisher=Ziare.com|accessdate=11 July 2014}}
Biography
Andreea Esca was born on August 29, 1972, in Bucharest, Romania. Her parents were Dumitru & Lucia Esca.{{Cite web|title = DE CE IUBESC ROMÂNIA. Alexandre Eram, francezul care ştie România altfel decât apare ea la televiziunile străine: "Călătoriţi şi o să vă convingeţi!"|url = http://www.gandul.info/de-ce-iubesc-romania/de-ce-iubesc-romania-alexandre-eram-francezul-care-stie-romania-altfel-decat-apare-ea-la-televiziunile-straine-calatoriti-si-o-sa-va-convingeti-8947842|website = Gandul.info|accessdate = 2015-12-07|language = ro-RO}} Esca studied at the Superior School of Journalism (Școala Superioară de Jurnalism) and later moved on professionally to the Center of Independent Journalism in Prague, CNN Atlanta (USA), and also Athens, Greece.
Andreea Esca is primarily associated with ProTV, a Romanian television network. She began her career with ProTV on December 1, 1995, by announcing the introduction for the beginning of the channel's programming. Esca began her career at SOTI at the beginning of the 1990s. She constantly presented Știrile ProTV at 19:00, from the very beginning of ProTV and had some disruptions for maternity and vacations.{{Cite web|url = http://www.protv.ro/vedete/andreea-esca.html|title = Andreea Esca|date = |accessdate = |website = ProTV.ro|publisher = |last = |first = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151228192033/http://www.protv.ro/vedete/andreea-esca.html|archive-date = 2015-12-28|url-status = dead}}
Esca has remained in the same channel for many years. In journalism, she debuted in January 1992 when one of her friends went for an interview to become a presenter at SOTI. In the interview, Esca went well, and was offered the job of a TV anchor. Although she trained in CNN for a time, she later returned in the country. In September 2018, she was given the French insignia of a Knight in the National Order of Merit by the French ambassador in Romania, Michèle Ramis.{{Cite web|url=https://ro.ambafrance.org/Jurnalista-Andreea-Esca-decorata-cu-Ordinul-National-al-Meritului-in-grad-de|title=Jurnalista Andreea Esca, decorată cu Ordinul Naţional al Meritului în grad de Cavaler|language=fr|website=ro.ambafrance.org}}
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