Maria Escario (64), a veteran TVE journalist and pioneer in Spanish sports journalism, will retire in December next year after working for forty years as an internal professional. The presenter of the Nieuwssportblok for almost twenty years was appointed Public Ombudsman in September 2021 after serving as the Corporation's communications director since August 2018, when she joined Rosa Maria Mateo as sole and provisional administrator of RTVE.
«Three years later, he voluntarily resigns from his position to face his retirement, which will take place in December of this year. During his mandate, Escario has made important progress within the institution, such as the integration of artificial intelligence for data management, the drafting of quarterly reports on equality or the renewal of the participation program. 'RTVE responds'», the company announced in a statement whose owner is not known. Maria Escariobut his replacement at the head of the position from September 2 Rosa Maria Mollo.
Thanks for your message. What is irreplaceable are beliefs and commitments, and therefore no pension is worth it.
— María Escario (@maria_escario) July 24, 2024
During his nearly 40 years as an RTVE professional, Maria Escario He has seven Olympic Games, three World Cups, Euro Cups and Champions League finals to his name. It was in 1985 when Pedro Erquicia hired Escario (Madrid, 1959); During those first years in the then public body, the journalist presented several spaces such as '48 hours' (together with Andrés Aberasturi), 'Good Morning' (with Pedro Erquicia), the morning version of 'Stadium Studio' and 'Phase 2'.
In the early nineties she was a presenter of the Weekendjournaal, with which she collaborated Fernando Gonzalez Delgado. From 1996 to 2014, he took charge of the sports block in various editions of the Telediario. She was, along with other colleagues such as Olga Viza, a pioneer in Spanish sports journalism.
Maria Escario shared a table with historical TVE figures such as Ana Blanco (also retired this year), the Queen of Spain Letizia Ortiz and Lorenzo Milá. Between 2014 and 2018 he was in charge of the sports reporting area 'Enfoque' for the second edition of Telediario.
During this time, the journalist suffered a stroke in 2012 and was diagnosed with breast cancer in late 2022.