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 Noticiero Univision. She is also the presenter of the Univision weekly newsmagazine Aquí y Ahora.[1]
Ilia Calderón Chamat | |
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 Ilia Calderón in 2024. | |
| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) |
| Alma mater | Universidad de Antioquia |
| Occupation(s) | News anchor, Aquí y Ahora, Noticiero Univision |
Education and early career
editShe majored in social work at Universidad de Antioquia.[2] She presented several news shows, first on regional channel Teleantioquia, and subsequently on national television channel Noticiero CM&. Three years later, she went to Telemundo, where she hosted the Noticiero Telemundo weekend edition and a segment on the morning show Cada Día con María Antonieta.
In 2005, she underwent a successful operation to remove a uterine tumor.[3]
In March 2007, she left Telemundo to host Univision the Primer Impacto weekend edition.[4] In 2009 Primer Impacto host Fernando del Rincon was fired, and Ilia became a regular co-host on the weekday 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 the weekday edition of Univision's late evening newscast Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna.
On June 3, 2011, it was announced that Pamela Silva would be joining Primer Impacto, replacing Ilia Calderón, who stayed on Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna.[5]
She won an Emmy Award for her 2017 interview of Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard Christopher Barker. In December 2017, she replaced former co-anchor Maria Elena Salinas on Noticiero Univision, becoming 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.[6]
On September 27, 2023, she co-hosted the second Republican presidential debate on Fox Business with Stuart Varney and Dana Perino.[7]
Personal life
editShe is married to Eugene Jang; they have one daughter named Anna Jang-Calderon.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Aquí y Ahora". Univision. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "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". Newsweek. 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Ilia Calderón will be co-moderating tonight's 2024 Republican presidential debate". Los Angeles Times. 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ Huffington Post: "Univision Anchor Writes Moving Letter On Preparing Her Daughter To Face Discrimination" By Carolina Moreno March 24, 2015
External links
edit- (in Spanish) Ilia Calderón at Colarte Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine