Silvia Intxaurrondo Alcaine (born 24 October 1979) is a Spanish journalist who works for the state broadcaster

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as a newscaster on the weekday ''

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'' bulletins on La 1. She had previously worked for the television news channel

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in 2005 and again in 2010, for

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in 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2013, W Radio in Colombia between 2011 and 2012 as well as the regional broadcasters EITB from 2014 to 2015 and

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between 2017 and 2021.

Biography

On 24 October 1979, Intxaurrondo was born in

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, Spain. She had wanted to become a pediatrician but decided against it as she was wary of the negative implications if a child died. Intxaurrondo decided to aim for a career in journalism after watching war report bulletins when she was 14 years old. She graduated from the

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with a

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in journalism and earned a

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in Contemporary Arabic and Islamic Studies at the

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. Intxaurrondo began her professional career interning at the radio broadcaster

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and was assigned to work on the morning programme ''

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'' for half a decade with

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starting from 2001. She began reading the news on the news television channel

in 2005. For the 2006–2007 Spanish television season, Intxaurrondo was signed to co-read the news on the second edition of the

programme ' with Gabilondo. She also returned to CNN+ four years later, working as a news editor and co-presenting the current affairs and discussion programme ''Hoy'' with Gabilondo in 2010. With the situation appearing bleak for television journalism, Intxaurrondo decided to leave the industry for radio. In June 2011, she moved to Colombia and joined the staff of W Radio to work on the morning radio programme with

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. Intxaurrondo also worked as a special envoy in Algeria, Colombia, Mexico, Morocco, Palestine, Senegal and Tunisia for W Radio. She left W Radio in June 2012 and re-joined Cadena SER in Madrid on 3 September 2012, becoming deputy director of the programme ''Hoy por hoy'', which was presented by

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and

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. Intxaurrondo left Cadena SER after 20 May 2013 because the management of Cadena SER terminated her contract following her refusal to accept a proposal for her to be transferred to another position within the broadcaster. Between 7 January and 26 December 2014, she worked for the Basque regional television broadcaster as presenter of the two-hour live current affairs programme ''ETB hoy'' on

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. Intxaurrondo went on to present the

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weekly news programme ''¡Por fin, viernes!'' from January to April 2015. In September 2015, she returned to Cuatro and presented the current affairs debating programme ', which she did until December 2015 when the show was cancelled. Following a break from radio and television programming, Intxaurrondo joined the Madrid regional broadcaster

and worked as a news reader on the ' programme from 23 September 2017. She combined this work with co-presenting with Paco Lobatón the research and public service programme ''Desaparecidos'' which was broadcast on La 1 between January and April 2018. She left Telemadrid in September 2021 and joined

to work with and read the news on the weekday ''

'' bulletins on 8:30 am and 12:30 pm on La 1. Intxaurrondo has also worked for ''

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''.

Personal life

She has two children. She is reticent about sharing aspects of her private life.

Awards

Intxaurrondo was nominated for the

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for Best Newscast Presenter in

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for her work on ''Telenoticias Fin de Semana''. In 2020, she received the Premio 'Haciendo Historia' award from the

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for "having carried out their work in "traditionally male" spaces and for their work "to achieve equal rights and opportunities between men and women." In the following year, Intxaurrondo was made a recipient of the Municipal Police Merit Cross by the

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References

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