Elisa Beni

Elisa Beni
Born
Elisa Beni Uzabal

(1964-07-31) 31 July 1964 (age 60)
Logroño, Spain
Alma materUniversity of Navarra
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer
SpouseJavier Gómez Bermúdez [es] (2001–2014)

Elisa Beni Uzabal (born 31 July 1964) is a Spanish journalist. When she took over El Faro de Ceuta [es] at 23, she became the youngest newspaper director in Spain.[1]

Biography

Elisa Beni graduated in Information Sciences from the University of Navarra. She has worked at La Voz de Almería, La Razón, Época magazine, and was editor-in-chief of the now-defunct newspaper Diario 16.[2] She has been director of Cadena SER stations and is a regular contributor to Julia Otero's program on Onda Cero, Julia en la onda [es],[3] as well as television programs such as Las mañanas de Cuatro [es], Al rojo vivo [es], Más vale tarde [es], laSexta Noche [es] (on laSexta), and Madrid al Día (on Telemadrid).[4]

In 2001 she married for the second time, to judge Javier Gómez Bermúdez [es], magistrate of the Audiencia Nacional. They divorced in April 2014.[5]

In 2004 she was appointed communication director of the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid [es],[2] a position from which she was dismissed in 2008 "for loss of confidence"[6] following the publication, in November 2007, of the book La soledad del juzgador, about how her husband, the investigating judge of the 11-M case, had dealt with the judicial process.

In June 2014 she published a novel, Peaje de libertad.[4]

In June 2022 she won the “Charo’s Champions League organized by the Twitter user Niggflix.

Selected publications

  • Levantando el velo. Manual de periodismo judicial (2006) CIE Inversiones Editoriales Dossat-2000, S.L., ISBN 9788496437395 – with Javier Gómez Bermúdez
  • La soledad del juzgador (2007) Editorial Planeta, ISBN 9788484606833
  • Peaje de libertad (2014) Espasa, ISBN 9788467042016
  • La Justicia sometida (2015) Los Libros de la Catarata, ISBN 9788490970249
  • Pisa mi corazón (2017) Editorial Almuzara, ISBN 9788417044435[7]

References

  1. ^ "Mi enamoramiento por el juez no nubla mi sentido profesional" ['My Love for the Judge Does Not Cloud My Professional Sense']. El Correo (in Spanish). 25 November 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Elisa Beni, primera jefa de prensa del Tribunal Superior de Madrid" [Elisa Beni, First Press Chief of the Superior Court of Madrid]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Europa Press. 26 January 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Julia Otero ficha a la periodista Elisa Beni" [Julia Otero Signs the Journalist Elisa Beni]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Servimedia. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Elisa Beni, algo más que un caso judicial en su última novela" [Elisa Beni, Something More than a Judicial Case in Her Latest Novel]. El País (in Spanish). Bilbao. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  5. ^ Villar, Cote (2 April 2014). "El juez Gómez Bermúdez y Elisa Beni firman su divorcio" [The Judge Gómez Bermúdez and Elisa Beni Sign Their Divorce]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  6. ^ Hernández, José Antonio (9 January 2008). "El Poder Judicial propone el cese de la esposa del juez Bermúdez tras negarse ésta a dimitir" [The Judiciary Proposes the Dismissal of Judge Bermúdez's Wife After Refusal to Resign]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  7. ^ Miranda, Beatriz (20 May 2017). "Elisa Beni: 'Hay líderes sumisos en la cama'" [Elisa Beni: 'There are Submissive Leaders in Bed']. El Mundo La Otra Crónica (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2018.