Paloma Tortajada

Paloma Tortajada Lorente (9 August 1969 – 25 April 2019) was a Spanish journalist and radio and television broadcaster. She firstly worked at Radio Popular de Zaragoza (now called COPE Zaragoza) in Zaragoza before becoming head of news of Antena 3 Radio Aragón. Tortajada worked at Cadena SER from 1992 to 2005 and then was head of society at Cuatro and CNN+ between 2006 and 2009. She was lead press officer of the Ministry of Education under Ángel Gabilondo and then returned to Cadena COPE in 2013.

Early life and education On 9 August 1969, Tortajada was born in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. She began listening to the radio with her parents from an early age. Tortajada was a graduate of the University of the Basque Country with a degree in Information Sciences. she began her career at Radio Popular de Zaragoza (now called COPE Zaragoza) in Zaragoza and was mentored in the world of journalism by María José Cabrera. Tortajada later became head of news at Antena 3 Radio Aragón.

Tortajada was the presenter of the Aragón TV programme . In March 2017, she and three friends opened the La Tres Catorce book store in Madrid because she wanted to disseminating collections of books to homes in the city.

Illness and death Tortajada took time off work due to illness and briefly returned to work on 2 January 2019. Tortajada's funeral took place at the Parroquia de Santa Rita, Zaragoza the following day.