Cristina Villanueva

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villanueva and the second or maternal family name is Ramos.
Cristina Villanueva
Born
Cristina Villanueva Ramos

(1976-02-24) 24 February 1976 (age 48)
Tiana, Province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationJournalist
Years active1997–present
SpouseJorge García
Children2

Cristina Villanueva Ramos (born 24 February 1976) is a Spanish news and sports journalist who works for LaSexta. She began her career covering various sports such as swimming, motorcycle racing and basketball for the state broadcaster Televisión Española from 1997 to 2004 before doing general newscasting on La 2 Noticias until 2006. Villanueva began newscasting for LaSexta in 2006 and has presented other programmes on the channel.

Biography

On 24 February 1976, Villanueva was born in Tiana, Province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.[1] She spent her childhood watching television documentaries at home; her mother did sewing at home and her father was self-taught.[2] In 1998, Villanueva graduated from the Autonomous University of Barcelona with a degree in journalism.[3]

She began her broadcasting career working for the state broadcaster Televisión Española (RTVE) on the Teledeporte channel in 1997.[3] Villanueva covered the 1997 FINA Swimming World Cup held in Barcelona, Tennis' Federation Cup as well as the ATP Tour, the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,[4] the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,[5] and Basketball's Copa del Rey de Baloncesto.[4] Villanueva was also an on-track reporter and writing editor for the MotoGP World Championship,[1] and also contributed to the Estadio-2 sports programme.[4] She also read the news on the radio station Ràdio Premià de Mar.[4] In 2004, she decided she wanted to do general newscasting,[5] and moved to read the news on La 2 Noticias, replacing Beatriz Ariño [es].[3]

In 2006, Villaneuva was signed to leave RTVE and joined the new LaSexta television channel, becoming part of its news broadcasting team alongside Helena Resano and Cristina Saavedra.[6][7] She was part of the team of LaSexta broadcasters that covered the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.[4] Villanueva, Resano and Mamen Mendizábal co-presented the two-hour avant-garde journalistic magazine programme Sexto Sentido that lasted a single season from November 2006 to March 2007.[3][8] She would conduct reports and interviews with her colleagues on the show.[9] Villanueva co-presented the sports television progamme No me digas que no te gusta el fútbol with former basketball player Juan Manuel López Iturriaga for two seasons between April 2007 and May 2008.[10][11] During mid-2011, she presented the weekday two-hour programme Verano Directo.[12]

In 2013, she began writing the book Desplegando velas, which was published six years later. Villaneuva was inspired to author the book to eliminate the anguish she had been suffering in her life due to impostor syndrome.[13][14]

Personal life

She is married to the journalist Jorge García, with whom she has two children, Villaneuva is a feminist.[2]

Awards

She has been awarded the Larra Prize for Journalism from the Madrid Press Association and both the TP de Oro and the Premios Ondas accolades collectively for her teamwork.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cristina Villanueva" (in Spanish). FormulaTV. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Villacastín, Rosa (27 July 2019). "Cristina Villanueva: "La tele fue mi escuela"" [Cristina Villanueva: "TV was my school"]. Diez Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Cristina Villanueva, al frente de las noticias en La Sexta" [Cristina Villanueva, in front of the news in La Sexta]. Diario Jaén (in Spanish). 29 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Cristina Villanueva" (in Spanish). BCC Speakers. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Ha estado con nosotros ... Cristina Villanueva" [He has been with us ... Cristina Villanueva]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 1 June 2005. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. ^ "La Sexta anuncia el fichaje de Cristina Villanueva" [La Sexta announces the signing of Cristina Villanueva]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Europa Press. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. ^ Ruiz, Adrián (13 October 2018). "Cristina Villanueva: "Es mentira que La Sexta es 'la roja', somos acicate del Gobierno esté quien esté"" [Cristina Villanueva: "It is a lie that La Sexta is 'the red one', we are the spur of the Government whoever is"]. El Economista (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Helena, Mamen y Cristina, trío de guapas para un nuevo informativo" [Helena, Mamen and Cristina, a trio of pretty girls for a new newscast]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 19 November 2006. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
    "Helena Resano, Mamen Mendizábal y Cristina Villanueva estrenan 'Sexto Sentido'" [Helena Resano, Mamen Mendizábal and Cristina Villanueva premiere 'Sexto Sentido'] (in Spanish). FormulaTV. 19 November 2006. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  9. ^ Abeledo, Antonio (20 November 2006). "Cristina Villanueva: "Me paso la noche con la tele" Helena Resano: "Me voy a dormir como mi hija, a las diez"" [Cristina Villanueva: "I spend the night with TV" Helena Resano: "I go to sleep like my daughter, at ten o'clock"]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  10. ^ "No me digas que no te gusta el fútbol" [Don't tell me you don't like football] (in Spanish). elDiario.es. 16 April 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Villanueva e Iturriaga regresan con 'No me digas que no te gusta el fútbol'" [Villanueva and Iturriaga return with 'Don't tell me you don't like football'] (in Spanish). FormulaTV. 23 September 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Cristina Villanueva presentará "Verano Directo", un espacio "combativo"" [Cristina Villanueva will present "Verano Directo", a "combative" space]. La Información (in Spanish). 6 July 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
    "Cristina Villanueva presentará "Verano Directo" en La Sexta" [Cristina Villanueva will present "Verano Directo" in La Sexta]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). EFE/Europa Press. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  13. ^ Ruiz, Lara Gómez (4 April 2019). "Cristina Villanueva: "Ser mujer resta y eso es algo que tenemos que cambiar"" [Cristina Villanueva: "Being a woman remains and that is something we have to change"]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  14. ^ Sopeña, Nuria Coronado (24 March 2019). "Cristina Villanueva: "Necesitaba saber que lo que me pasaba como mujer no era culpa mía"" [Cristina Villanueva: "I needed to know that what happened to me as a woman was not my fault"]. Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2021.