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América Valenzuela

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América Valenzuela
Born1977
Nationality Spain
OccupationScience Journalist

América Jimena Valenzuela (born in 1977 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish science journalist and science popularizer.

Biography

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Valenzuela is a science journalist who works in radio, television, press, and the web.[1] She has a degree in Chemistry.[2]

She divulges science on "Onda Cero," in the program "Por fin no es lunes," presented by Jaime Cantizano.

From 2004 to 2015, she was in charge of the Radio 5 program of RNE "Ciencia al Cubo."[3] She collaborated in the late night humor and science "Órbita Laika"[4] of La 2 and in the program "Cámara Abierta 2.0." She has collaborated with RNE's "Las Mañanas," writing about science and health in the newspaper "El Correo" and in the now-defunct "Eureka" supplement of the newspaper El Mundo, among others. Until 2017, she wrote in the newspaper "El Independiente."[5]

In 2010, she published "Ciencia al Cubo" with the editorial "Temas de Hoy" of Planeta Group.

For three years, she was part of "La noche en 24 horas" of Channel 24 horas, commenting on current scientific issues. She was a reporter for "Aqui la Tierra," (about nature), at La 1. She wrote reports and the blog "Cóctel de Ciencias" for the pop-science magazine Quo, for scientific dissemination and entertainment.[1] In 2016, she wrote in the paper supplement of the newspaper El Mundo and opinion columns in "Infolibre." She takes part in the radio program "Ya Veremos" of M80, directed and presented by Juan Luis Cano.

In 2017, she collaborated on the television programs "Dame Veneno," "en Cero," of Movistar+, and "All you need is love ... o no" (Telecinco) with Risto Mejide.

She was a member of the Spanish Association for Scientific Communication until 2017.[6]

Awards

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  • FECYT Prize for Scientific Communication.[7]
  • ASEBIO[note 1] / GENOMA ESPAÑA[note 2] Prize for Communication and Dissemination of Biotechnology.
  • Concha García Campoy Journalism Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).[10]

Works

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  • Valenzuela, América (2010) Ciencia al Cubo. Temas de Hoy. Tanto por saber. 320 págs. ISBN 978-84-8460-858-5

Notes

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  1. ^ The Spanish Association of Biotechnological Companies[8]
  2. ^ Government Foundation[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "América Valenzuela". cienciaenredes.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Valenzuela, América". Academia TV. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Ciencia al cubo dice adiós después de 10 años en RNE por falta de presupuesto". naukas.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. ^ "América Valenzuela". rtve.es. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  5. ^ "El Independiente". elindependiente.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Os pedimos vuestra confianza un año más". Asociación Española de Comunicación Científica. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  7. ^ "FECYT otorga los premios del II Certamen FECYT de Comunicación Científica 2012". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Asociación Española de Bioempresas (ASEBIO)". bionity.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Genoma España". bionity.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Copia archivada". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
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