Alicia Gomez Montano

Alicia Gómez Montano (1955 – 18 January 2020) was a Spanish radio and television journalist and a university professor. She began her journalistic career at Radio Madrid in 1978 and subsequently worked at Radio Nacional de España (RNE) between 1980 and 1988. Montanto was RNE's Head of National Information at Televisión Española (TVE) and then was made deputy director of the TVE current affairs television programme Informe Semanal in 1996. She was director of Informe Semanal between May 2004 and August 2012 and was elected vice-president of the Spanish section of Reporters Without Borders in late 2017. Montano was appointed RTVE's first Equality Director in October 2018 and served in the role until her death in January 2020. She won various awards for her journalistic work.

Biography Alicia Gómez Montano was born in 1955 in Madrid. She went to Radio Nacional de España (RNE) in 1980, following her passing RNE's entry examination and being appointed Director of News of the network's Territorial Center in Navarre. Montano became infatuated with the Basque Country, before leaving the Navarre branch in 1988.

Two years later, she authored the book La manipulación en televisión.

In November 2017, Montano was elected vice-president of the Spanish section of Reporters Without Borders, and also earned the Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya's First Research Prize as well as the Asociación de Mujeres Empresarias's Award.

Personal life She was a committed feminist and a promoter of equality. On the morning of 18 January 2020, Reporters without Borders' Spanish section and other organisations held a tribute night to her at the Casa de América on the evening of 5 February. She was posthumously voted the recipient the 2020 King of Spain International Journalism Awards for Digital Journalism by a jury.