Journalist and presenter María Escario retires after 40 years at TVE

«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.

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.