The journalist Almudena Ariza Núñez has been appointed Director of News of TVE by the director of Information and News of RTVE, Enric Hernández . Ariza replaces Begoña Alegría , who ceases his post "on his own accord," according to a note released by RTVE. The designation will be submitted by the Information Council to a non-binding referendum in the wording.

Born in Madrid in 1963 and graduated in Journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid, Ariza began working at TVE at age 25. A long career in which she has been editor and presenter of the Newspaper at different stages and has presented a weekly report . As a reporter she has been in dozens of information coverages on all continents. He has been a correspondent in Asia Pacific for three years, based in Beijing, and seven years, a correspondent in New York. He currently held the Paris correspondent .

"Her long international career has given her an innovative and digital look that she herself has applied experimenting with new formats on different platforms," ​​RTVE notes in the note announcing her appointment. "The digital transformation and the adaptation of the content to the new habits of news consumption will be your essential challenge at the head of the TVE News," the statement said.

The new director assumes this new professional challenge "with a language that she hopes to convince and motivate." He says he arrives "with enthusiasm, conviction and energy". He adds that he wants to "work to maintain and increase the current audience, with new formats, attractive, interesting and that help us incorporate the younger audience." Likewise, it is committed to "maintaining RTVE's commitment to neutrality, rigor, independence and critical journalism," according to statements issued by the public corporation.

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