Alicia Gómez 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.