María Rey

María Mercedes Fernández Rey (Tomiño, Pontevedra, March 21, 1967) is a Spanish journalist. She currently presents the news magazine 120 minutos on Telemadrid.

María Rey
Born
María Mercedes Fernández Rey

(1967-03-21) 21 March 1967[1]
OccupationJournalist
EmployerTelemadrid

Biography

Rey was born in Vigo on March 21, 1967 and lived in Tomiño (Province of Pontevedra), a town where her father, José Luis Fernández Lorenzo, was mayor until 2007, for the Partido Popular.[2]

During her university studies she resided at the "Nuestra Señora de África" college when it was located near the Puente de los Franceses in Madrid. Graduating in journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid, she began her professional career in the local radio station of Cadena SER in her hometown. Parliamentary Responsible for Antena 3 Television and member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Business Communication.[3]

She then moved to television, when she was hired by TVE to be in charge of the news services of the Territorial Center of Madrid. After that, she joined the television department of Agencia Efe, until she was hired by Antena 3 in 1992.

On this channel she presented the Antena 3 Noticias weekend news program, together with Roberto Arce, and later the daily edition, with Pedro Piqueras until 1996.[4]

From September 1996 to September 2016, she worked as a parliamentary correspondent on Antena 3 Noticias, carrying out her work in the Cortes Generales.

From May 1996 to 2016, she chaired the Parliamentary Journalists Association.

In June 2012 she opened a blog "Tiene la palabra" in the Spain edition of Yahoo News.[5]

From September 12, 2016 to July 28, 2017, she worked as anchor and director of the news program "Noticias 1" together with Sandra Golpe.[6]

In June 2017, her book Juego de escaños was published, about the serious credibility crisis that politics is going through in Spain.[7][8]

Between September 2017 and March 2018, she was Diplomatic and Casa Real correspondent for Antena 3 Noticias.[9][10][11]

In June 2018, after leaving Antena 3[12] she joined the staff of the regional channel Telemadrid to present, from June 25, 2018, the news magazine 120 minutos. The program is broadcast from Monday to Friday, from 11:30 am to 2:05 pm.[13]

Personal life

She has been married since July 24, 1998 to journalist Manuel Campo Vidal.[14]

She has three children named Nacho, Iago and Iria Campo Fernández.[15]

Awards

  • "Luis Carandell" Award for Parliamentary Journalism (2013).[16]
  • Antena de Plata TV Award (2019)[17]

References

  1. "María Rey: "Nos hubiera ido mejor con una generación de políticos que rondara los 60"". MujerHoy (in Spanish). 8 September 2020.
  2. "Boda de María Rey y Campo Vidal". ElPaís (in Spanish). 25 July 1998.
  3. "María Rey". International Business School.
  4. "María Rey: de presentar 'Antena 3 Noticias' con Piqueras a salvar Telemadrid". ElEspañol (in Spanish). 6 January 2020.
  5. "María Rey presentará junto a Sandra Golpe 'Antena 3 Noticias 1'". ElConfidencial (in Spanish). 5 September 2016.
  6. "Antena 3 Noticias pone en marcha una nueva temporada" (in Spanish). Antena 3 Noticias. 3 July 2018.
  7. Antena 3 Noticias, ed. (6 June 2017). "La periodista María Rey presenta su libro, 'Juego de escaños', en el congreso de los diputados" (in Spanish).
  8. "La periodista María Rey presenta en Vigo "Juego de escaños", una mirada crítica a la política parlamentaria". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 17 June 2017.
  9. "María Rey deja de presentar el informativo del mediodía de Antena 3". El Confidencial Digital (in Spanish). 6 July 2017.
  10. "María Rey, reubicada en Antena 3 como nueva corresponsal de la Casa Real" (in Spanish). ecoteuve.es. 4 August 2017.
  11. "María Rey ya tiene nuevo puesto en Antena 3: responsable de la Casa Real". El Confidencial Digital (in Spanish). 4 August 2017.
  12. "María Rey deja Antena 3 después de 25 años: "Con la experiencia que tengo vi que podría hacer otras cosas"". ElMundo (in Spanish). 23 March 2018.
  13. "Telemadrid ficha a María Rey tras abandonar Antena 3". El Mundo (in Spanish). 5 June 2018.
  14. "Manuel Campo Vidal, periodista y comunicador: su apasionante vida". Pronto (in Spanish). 10 April 2021.
  15. "La imagen más familiar de María Rey y Manuel Campo Vidal". Hola (in Spanish). 24 November 2016.
  16. "María Rey, Premio Luis Carandell". Mediaset (in Spanish). 21 May 2013.
  17. "Matías Prats Jr, María Rey, Lorena García y Roberto Arce, entre los premiados con las Antenas de Plata 2019". ElPeriódico (in Spanish). 27 June 2019.
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