Ilia Calderón
Colombian journalist (born 1972)
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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 N+ 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 | May 15, 1972 |
| Alma mater | Universidad de Antioquia |
| Occupations | News anchor, Aquí y Ahora, Noticiero N+ Univision |
Education and early career
She majored in social work at Universidad de Antioquia.[2] She presented several news shows, first on regional channel Teleantioquia in 1994,[3] 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.[4]
In March 2007, she left Telemundo to host Univision the Primer Impacto weekend edition.[5] In 2008 Primer Impacto host Fernando del Rincón was fired. 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 N+ 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.[6]
Calderón 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.
In 2019, the Carnegie Corporation of New York named her one of their 2019 Great Immigrants Honorees.[7]
On March 15, 2020, she co-hosted the eleventh Democratic presidential debate on CNN with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.[8]
In 2020, she published her book My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race, discussing her experiences as an Afro-Latina and the challenges in representing the Afro-Latina communities in Spanish.[9]
In July 2023 her show Señales del Crimen con Ilia Calderón (Signs of Crime with Ilia Calderón) made its debut on the streaming platform ViX.[10]
On September 27, 2023, she co-hosted the second Republican presidential debate on Fox Business with Stuart Varney and Dana Perino.[11]
On October 28, 2024, Univision announced that Calderón would become the first solo anchor of Noticiero N+ Univision following the departure of Jorge Ramos. Calderón is the first Black Latina to helm an evening news show.[12]
Personal life
She is married to Eugene Jang; they have one daughter named Anna Janglia-calderon.