Ilia Calderón
Ilia Calderón Chamat | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Alma mater | Universidad de Antioquia |
| Occupation | news anchor |
Ilia Calderón Chamat (born 1972) is a Colombian journalist. Born in Chocó, Calderón currently works as the news anchor for Univision's national evening newscast along with Jorge Ramos.
Education and early career[]
She majored in Social Work at Universidad de Antioquia.[1] She presented several news shows, first on regional channel Teleantioquia. In 1998 she went to national television for Noticiero CM&. Three years later, she went to Telemundo, where she hosted the Noticiero Telemundo weekend edition and a segment at the now defunct morning show .
In 2005 she underwent a successful operation to remove a tumour in her uterus.[2]
In March 2007, she left Telemundo to host Univision Primer Impacto's weekend edition.[3] In 2009 Primer Impacto's host Fernando del Rincon was fired and Ilia became a regular co-host on the Monday-Friday edition with Barbara Bermudo leaving the weekend edition to Satcha Pretto.
In 2010, while still co-anchoring Primer Impacto she became the co-anchor of week day edition Univision's late evening newscast "Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna" airing at 11:30pm.
On June 3, 2011, it was announced that Pamela Silva Conde would be joining Primer Impacto, replacing Ilia Calderón who will stay on "Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna".[4]
She won an Emmy Award for her 2017 interview of Christopher Barker, the Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard. In December 2017, she made history when she replaced former co-anchor Maria Elena Salinas on Noticiero Univision. This made her the first Afro-Latina to anchor a weekday primetime newscast for a major broadcast network in the United States.
On March 15, 2020, she co-hosted the eleventh Democratic Presidential Debate on CNN with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.[5]
Personal life[]
She is married to Eugene Jang; they have one daughter named Anna Jang-Calderon.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Personajes del Chocó" (in Spanish). La voz de la selva. 2005. Retrieved 2006-03-24.
- ^ "El desafío de Ilia Calderón". People en Español (in Spanish). 2005-06-29. Retrieved 2006-03-24.
- ^ del Campillo, Laura (2007-03-09). "Ilia Calderón de estreno" (in Spanish). Univision. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2006-03-24.
- ^ "Pamela Silva Conde Joins Univision's "Primer Impacto" (in Spanish). Univision. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2006-06-06.
- ^ "Who are the moderators of the D.C. Democratic debate? Dana Bash, Jake Tapper and Ilia Calderón to moderate in nation's capital". 15 March 2020.
- ^ Huffington Post: "Univision Anchor Writes Moving Letter On Preparing Her Daughter To Face Discrimination" By Carolina Moreno March 24, 2015
External links[]
- (in Spanish) Ilia Calderón at Colarte
- Colombian television journalists
- Colombian women journalists
- Colombian television presenters
- Colombian women television presenters
- 1972 births
- Living people
- University of Antioquia people
- People from Chocó Department
- American people of Colombian descent