Pepa Fernández

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Pepa Fernández
Born
María José Fernández Vallés

(1965-03-04) 4 March 1965 (age 59)
Cervera, Spain
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona
OccupationJournalist
EmployerRadio Nacional de España
Notable work
  • Journalist or host of:
  • No es un día cualquiera
  • Las mañanas de RNE
Awards

María José Fernández Vallés (born 4 March 1965), better known as Pepa Fernández, is a Spanish journalist. She is the director and presenter of the Radio Nacional de España (RNE) program No es un día cualquiera [es].

Biography[edit]

Pepa Fernández was born in the town of Cervera, Lleida in 1965.[1] Her father's family is from Ourense. At 18 she started working in radio. She earned a licentiate in Information Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Since 1999, she has been directing and presenting the RNE program No es un día cualquiera [es], a weekend magazine which has received several awards.[2]

She is a professor at Ramon Llull University's Faculty of Communication.[3]

Fernández has worked on several television programs. She has written for the TV3 show El Club and currently appears on La mañana de la 1 [es].[4]

Awards and recognitions[edit]

  • 2002: Radio de Cambio 16 Award[3]
  • 2003: Ondas Award for Best Nationally Broadcast Radio Program for No es un día cualquiera[2]
  • 2007: Pica d'Estats Award[5]
  • 2008: Ondas Award for Professional Career[6]
  • 2009: Emilio Castelar Award for Effective Communication[7]
  • 2009: Micrófono de Oro[8]
  • 2010: El Cava Journalism Award[9]
  • 2013: Dionisio Duque Foundation Award for communication, innovation, and new technologies[1]
  • 2015: José Antonio Labordeta Award for Communication[10]
  • 2015: Miguel Delibes National Journalism Award [es][11]
  • 2016: Concha García Campoy Journalism Award[5]
  • Two Micrófonos de Plata from the Spanish Professional Association of Radio, Press, and Television News (APEI)[12]
  • Antena de Oro[12]

Books[edit]

  • Lo que la vida enseña, Esfera de los Libros, 2008, ISBN 9788497347167

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "El presidente de la Academia de Gastronomía, el Padre Ángel y Pepa Fernández (RNE), premiados por la Fundación Duque" [The President of the Gastronomy Academy, Father Ángel, and Pepa Fernández (RNE), Awarded by the Duque Foundation] (in Spanish). Segovia. Europa Press. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Palmarés" (in Spanish). Premios Ondas. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b de la hoz, Beatriz (29 October 2008). "Pepa Fernández, una vida dedicada a la radio" [Pepa Fernández, a Life Dedicated to Radio] (in Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. ^ "La mañana de La 1" (in Spanish). RTVE. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b "El programa 'No es un día cualquiera' de RNE se emitirá desde el Museo Würth La Rioja este fin de semana" [The RNE Program 'No es un día cualquiera' will be Broadcast from Museum Würth La Rioja This Weekend] (in Spanish). Logroño. Europa Press. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  6. ^ "RTVE consigue dos premios Ondas" [RTVE Gets Two Ondas Awards] (in Spanish). RTVE. 29 October 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  7. ^ "José Antonio Pascual y Pepa Fernández, distinciones Emilio Castelar 2009". La Voz de Cádiz (in Spanish). Cádiz. 13 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Pepa Fernández y 'Cine de Barrio', premios Micrófono de Oro 2009" (in Spanish). RTVE. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Numerosas personalidades arropan la gala del VI Premio Periodísticos 'El Cava'" [Numerous Personalities Wrap up the 6th 'El Cava' Journalism Award Gala] (in Spanish). DO Cava. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  10. ^ "La periodista Pepa Fernández, Premio José Antonio Labordeta" [The Journalist Pepa Fernández, José Antonio Labordeta Award]. El Correo Gallego (in Spanish). Madrid. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Pepa Fernández acota la desidia como principal causa de habla 'zaparrastrosa'" [Pepa Fernández Sees Laziness as the Principal Cause of 'Zaparrastrosa' Speech]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). EFE. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  12. ^ a b Lorente, C. (14 September 2011). "Directora de No es un día cualquiera de RNE". Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2019.

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