Judith Sarmiento Granada (born 20 January 1954) is a Colombian lawyer and journalist known nationally for her work in various radio and television media since the 1970s.

Biography

Judith Sarmiento was born in

Armenia, Colombia Armenia () is the capital of Quindio Department. Armenia is a medium-sized city and part of the " coffee axis" along with Pereira and Manizales. It is one of the main centers of the national economy and of the Colombian coffee growing axis. As ...

, on 20 January 1954, the daughter of Gilberto Sarmiento and Ofelia Granada. Her education took place in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

, at the La Merced school, at the

Universidad Externado de Colombia The Universidad Externado de Colombia (Externado University of Colombia) is a private university in Bogotá, Colombia. It has produced graduates including lawyers, academics, judges, financiers, journalists, as well as senior government officials a ...

– where she majored in law and political science – and at the

University of La Sabana The Universidad de La Sabana is a private university in Colombia, supervised by the Colombian Ministry of Education. It was founded on September 21, 1979 by the Asociación para la Enseñanza Aspaen, its predecessor was the INSE "Instituto Su ...

, where she specialized in

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. She has one daughter and a grandson. Her favorite author is

José María Vargas Vila José María de la Concepción Apolinar Vargas Vila Bonilla (June 23, 1860 – May 23, 1933), commonly referred to as José María Vargas Vila, was a Colombian writer and public intellectual. Vargas Vila was an autodidact, who, from an earl ...

Professional career

Radio

Sarmiento began her career in radio on the

Todelar Todelar is a system of radio stations that covers all of Colombia, founded in 1953 by Bernardo Tobón de la Roche. Its flagship station is ''La Voz de Bogotá'' since 2017. ''Radio Continental'', also in Bogotá, had this role until 2016, having j ...

network in 1975. She later worked at

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, RCN, and

Radio Nacional de Colombia Radio Nacional de Colombia ("Colombian National Radio") is a Colombian state-owned public radio network, part of Señal Colombia RTVC. It was launched – as Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia – on 1 February 1940, three years after closure o ...

, among others.

Television

In 1980, Sarmiento began working in television on 's ''Telediario''. She then appeared on the National News, on TV Hoy, and as moderator of several broadcasts, such as teleconferences of the

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, of the , and viewer's ombudsman of

Canal Capital Canal Capital is a Colombian local public television channel, launched 3 November 1997, operated as an industrial and commercial company, property of the government of Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbr ...

Teaching

Sarmiento has been a teacher of journalism, organizational communication, and radio planning at the Externado,

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, and Politécnico Grancolombiano universities. She also authored the

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's course "Democracy and Media in the Virtual Course".

Awards and recognitions

* for best TV news anchor (1990) * (2001) * Gloria Valencia de Castaño Award for Best News Announcer from the Colombian Association of Broadcasters (2016) * Golden Walnut Award from Corporación Universitaria Unitec (2011)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarmiento, Judith 1954 births 20th-century Colombian lawyers Colombian radio journalists Colombian television journalists Colombian women journalists Colombian women lawyers Living people People from Armenia, Colombia Universidad Externado de Colombia alumni Academic staff of Universidad Externado de Colombia 20th-century journalists 21st-century journalists Colombian women radio journalists Colombian women television journalists Colombian women radio presenters Colombian women television presenters Colombian television presenters University of La Sabana alumni 20th-century women lawyers