Paloma Tortajada Lorente (9 August 1969 – 25 April 2019) was a Spanish journalist and radio and television broadcaster. She firstly worked at
Radio Popular de Zaragoza (now called COPE Zaragoza) in Zaragoza before becoming head of news of
Antena 3 Radio Aragón. Tortajada worked at
Cadena SER from 1992 to 2005 and then was head of society at
Cuatro and
CNN+ between 2006 and 2009. She was lead press officer of the
Ministry of Education under
Ángel Gabilondo and then returned to Cadena COPE in 2013.
Biography
On 9 August 1969, Tortajada was born in
Zaragoza,
Aragon, Spain.[1] She began listening to the radio with her parents from an early age.[2] Tortajada was a graduate of the
University of the Basque Country with a degree in Information Sciences.[3][4]
When the television station
Cuatro was launched, Tortajada decided to switch from radio to television in mid-2005 and worked as the head of society at Cuatro and
CNN+ from 2006 to 2009. Following this period, she was appointed to become the lead press officer of the
Ministry of Education under
Ángel Gabilondo.[4][8][6] Tortajada remained at the Ministry of Education until 2013 when she returned to Cadena COPE.[3] She became a member of the La mañana [
ca;
es] team, firstly working with
Ernesto Sáenz de Buruaga [
ca;
es] in the morning, then with
Ángel Expósito [
ca;
es] (also in the morning) and finally with
Carlos Herrera as co-ordinator of Herrera's evening news programme.[3][7][6] In July 2017, Tortajada replaced Herrera on the programme and she was replaced by Marta Ruiz Blázquez the following month.[9]
Tortajada was the presenter of the
Aragón TV programme Tal como somos [
es].[6] In March 2017, she and three friends opened the La Tres Catorce book store in Madrid because she wanted to disseminating collections of books to homes in the city.[10] Tortajada took time off work due to illness and briefly returned to work on 2 January 2019.[6] She died of lung cancer in Madrid on the morning of 25 April 2019.[6][11] Tortajada's funeral took place at the Parroquia de Santa Rita, Zaragoza the following day.[1]
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abcZumeta, Gorka (3 June 2013).
"Entrevista a Paloma Tortajada, Cope (I)" [Interview with Paloma Tortajada, Cope (I)] (in Spanish). Gorka Zumeta.
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