Maria Escario He is going through a bad time with his health. The journalist and current public defender of RTVE announced this this Wednesday suffers from mother’s cancer in a tweet posted on his official Twitter account.
“It’s time to take a break, I place my trust in science and focus all my energies on healing. “, said the journalist, who has been linked to public television for decades. I’m another one with breast cancer and I’m trying“, assured the communicator in this tweet, in which she also added the hashtag #PrevenirEsCurar.
Since announcing this news, through social networks, María Escario has received the support of many friends and colleagues such as Ana Bernal-Triviño, Felipe del Campo (Real Play), Iñaki López (laSexta) and Carlos del Amoramong many others.
Graduated in Journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid, María Escario (Madrid, 1959) is a professional with a long experience in RTVE since she joined RTVE in 1985. Most of her professional career has been spent in News, as well as a presenter for the weekend newscasts or as a sports presenter for all editions of the newscast.
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He also participated in the drafting of sports programs, where he participated in the coverage of seven Olympics and dozens of international sporting events: World Cup of Football, Gymnastics, Swimming, Basketball, Alpine Skiing, 6 Champions League finals, Tour de France, 4 finals of Davis Cup, etc, etc. In addition, together with Pedro Erquicia, he participated in the creation of new television formats, such as the first morning newscast “Buenos Días” or the first weekend newscast “48 Horas”. From 2014 to 2018 he curated the ‘Enfoque’ space, broadcast on TD-2, Canal 24 Horas and Teledeporte, a different look at sport and its protagonists. In 2018 she was appointed Director of Communications of RTVE, a position she held until May 2021.
In addition, she has also received awards such as the Ondas Award 2013, the Zapping Award 2009, both for best presenter. The Silver Medal for Sporting Merit from the Superior Council of Sport, the Juan Manuel Gozalo Award awarded by the Spanish Olympic Committee, the Juan José Castillo Award from El Mundo Deportivo, the Joan Ramón Mainat Awards from FesTVal de Vitoria and FEDEPE, all in recognition of her professional career or the Lilly Álvarez Prize awarded by the Women’s Institute and the CSD for her work to make female athletes visible, among others.
