Pepa Fernández

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Vallés.

María José Fernández Vallés (born 4 March 1965), better known as Pepa Fernández, is a Spanish journalist. She is the director and presenter of the Radio Nacional de España (RNE) program No es un día cualquiera [es].

Pepa Fernández
Born	María José Fernández Vallés (1965-03-04) 4 March 1965 (age 60) Cervera, Spain
Alma mater	Autonomous University of Barcelona
Occupation	Journalist
Employer	Radio Nacional de España
Notable work	Journalist or host of: No es un día cualquiera Las mañanas de RNE
Awards	Ondas Award (2003, 2008) Miguel Delibes National Journalism Award [es] (2015)

Biography

Pepa Fernández was born in the town of Cervera, Lleida in 1965.^[1] Her father's family is from Ourense. At 18 she started working in radio. She earned a licentiate in Information Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Since 1999, she has been directing and presenting the RNE program No es un día cualquiera [es], a weekend magazine which has received several awards.^[2]

She is a professor at Ramon Llull University's Faculty of Communication.^[3]

Fernández has worked on several television programs. She has written for the TV3 show El Club and currently appears on La mañana de la 1 [es].^[4]

Awards and recognitions

• 2002: Radio de Cambio 16 Award^[3]
• 2003: Ondas Award for Best Nationally Broadcast Radio Program for No es un día cualquiera^[2]
• 2007: Pica d'Estats Award^[5]
• 2008: Ondas Award for Professional Career^[6]
• 2009: Emilio Castelar Award for Effective Communication^[7]
• 2009: Micrófono de Oro^[8]
• 2010: El Cava Journalism Award^[9]
• 2013: Dionisio Duque Foundation Award for communication, innovation, and new technologies^[1]
• 2015: José Antonio Labordeta Award for Communication^[10]
• 2015: Miguel Delibes National Journalism Award [es]^[11]
• 2016: Concha García Campoy Journalism Award^[5]
• Two Micrófonos de Plata from the Spanish Professional Association of Radio, Press, and Television News (APEI)^[12]
• Antena de Oro^[12]

Books

• Lo que la vida enseña, Esfera de los Libros, 2008, ISBN 9788497347167