Ana Blanco will be the presenter of the new season of Informe Semanal. Starting this Saturday, the veteran RTVE journalist will take charge of the legendary news space that celebrates half a century this year, the public entity reports in a statement.

The emblematic communicator was already the face of the 50th anniversary special last April from the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and also presented the program between 2007 and 2009, a period in which the News News presenters hosted the space on a rotating basis.

Throughout her extensive professional career at RTVE, Ana Blanco has presented the Telediario for more than three decades in almost all of its time slots, and has participated in many of TVE’s special programs, as well as in debates and news programs on the numerous electoral calls. She left the newscast a year ago.

For his work he has received numerous awards, including the Antena de Oro, the Ondas, the Television Academy Award, TP de Oro and the International Press Club Award. He has also collected the Manuel Alonso Visedo Communication Award, the Pedro Antonio de Alarcón National Journalism Award, and the Golden Microphone, among other awards.

For the program team, which has received the National Television Award this year, the incorporation of Ana Blanco is “the icing on the cake” to the anniversary. The special 50 years was hosted by her and was, according to José Carlos Gallardo, director of the program, “the perfect combination, because both are History of Television.”

“Ana Blanco represents the image and professionalism of public radio and television. We could not be more satisfied. People see in Ana that journalist who would always want me to tell them things,” said Gallardo, in a statement included in the statement. of the public entity.

“Throughout this year, we have been able to count on the unbeatable work of Álex Barreiro. Now, at the beginning of the season, we are going to work with Ana Blanco, who is also our pride,” says Gallardo, for whom the Weekly Report ” “He has entered his fifties more alive than ever. And more necessary than ever.”