# María Gómez (journalist)

María Gómez García de la Banda (born February 16, 1987, in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish journalist, literary author, and television and radio presenter. She hosts TVE's Enred@d@s, contributes to La Sexta's Zapeando, RNE's Tarde lo que tarde, and Los 40's morning radio show Anda ya.

## Career
### Formation

María Gómez has a degree in Advertising and Public Relations, a degree in Strategic Planning and Advertising Creativity from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, and a degree in Journalism from Carlos III University in Madrid.

### Radio

Her career as a journalist began at Cadena SER, in Madrid, where she has been working since 2010. She has worked as a producer and editor on programs such as A vivir que son dos días, Acento Robinson, El Mundo Today, Si amanece nos vamos or La vida moderna. She has also collaborated in different formats of the radio station M80 Radio, such as Morning80.
In 2014, she makes the transition to M80 Radio, where she co-hosts the morning show 80 y la madre with José Antonio Ponseti for two seasons. In 2016, she co-hosts the hour of culture in the wake-up show Arriba España with Juan Luis Cano for one season, also on M80 Radio.
She has created, directed and presented her own radio project: XXI Gramos. A documentary radio program for Cadena SER. In addition, she has worked on the summer edition of La Ventana on the same radio station since 2015.
In 2017, she joins the Los 40 team of the morning show Anda ya, as a collaborator with a film and TV section.
She has been a contributor to the RNE magazine Tarde lo que tarde since September 2020.
In 2021, she returns to Zapeando as a collaborator and substitute presenter.

### Television

On television, she started working at the TV3 news office in Madrid in 2011. Later, in 2016, she collaborated on the current affairs show Likes, on #0 by Movistar+, for a season. At the same time, she co-hosts the funny football show 90 Minuti with Miki Nadal for two seasons on Real Madrid TV.
She co-hosted the musical program A toda pantalla, with Darío Manrique, on Cuatro, where she also collaborated in the program Dani & Flo.
She has been the voice-over host of the program Bienvenidos a mi hotel, on Cuatro.
She was part of the team of journalists sent to Russia for the 2018 World Cup for Mediaset España.
During the 2018 to 2019 season, she presented Ese programa del que usted me habla on La 2 of TVE. In June 2019, it was confirmed that the program would not be renewed for a new season.
In July 2019, she began collaborating on La 1 of TVE's summer morning magazine A partir de hoy, which was renewed for the entire 2019-2020 season.
In November 2019, she participated, playing herself as a news reporter, and ended up as one of the "kidnapped" in El gran secuestro for Playz.
In September 2020, she co-presented the program La primera pregunta, together with Llus Guilera, on La 1 of TVE.
In the summer of 2021, she worked as a collaborator on the program Zapeando, on La Sexta.
Since May 2022, she has presented the program Enred@d@s on La 1 with Sara Escudero.

### Literary work

In 2021, she presented Odio en las manos, her first book, a crime novel in which the protagonist is a young psychologist to whom a patient, a police officer by profession, announces a crime she intends to commit.

## Media career
### Television

| Year | Program | Channel | Role |
| 2011–2013 | El Mundo Today | El Mundo Today | Producer |
| 2016–2017 | 90 minuti | Real Madrid TV | Co-host |
| 2016; 2021–present | Zapeando | La Sexta | Contributor |
| 2016–2017 | Likes | #0 | Contributor |
| 2017 | A toda pantalla | Cuatro | Host |
| 2017–2018 | Dani &amp; Flo | Cuatro | Contributor |
| 2018 | Mundial de fútbol 2018 | Mediaset España | Reporter |
| 2018–2019 | Bienvenidos a mi hotel | Cuatro | Narrator |
| 2018–2019 | Ese programa del que usted me habla | La 2 | Host |
| 2019–2020 | A partir de hoy | La 1 | Contributor |
| 2019 | El gran secuestro | Playz | Reporter |
| 2020 | La pr1mera pregunta | La 1 | Host |
| 2021 | Zapeando | La Sexta | Substitute host |
| 2021-2022 | Colgados del aro | YouTube | Contributor |
| 2022 | La noche de los Oscar | #0 por M+ and Estrenos por M+ | Host |
| 2022 | La alfombra roja (94.ª edición de los Oscar) | Estrenos por M+ | Host |
| 2022 | Ceremonia de los Oscar (94.ª edición) | Estrenos por M+ | Host |
| 2022 | Enred@d@s | La 1 | Host with Sara Escudero |

### Radio

| Year | Program | Channel | Role |
| 2011 | Morning 80 | M80 Radio | Editor |
| 2011 | Si amanece nos vamos | Cadena SER | Editor |
| 2010–2014 | A vivir que son dos días | Cadena SER | Editor |
| 2013–2014 | Acento Robinson | Cadena SER | Editor |
| 2014–2016 | La vida moderna | Cadena SER | Contributor |
| 2014–2016 | 80 y la madre | M80 Radio | Co-host |
| 2016–2018 | La ventana | Cadena SER | Contributor |
| 2016–2017 | Arriba España | M80 Radio | Co-host |
| 2016–2017 | XXI gramos | Cadena SER | Broadcaster |
| 2017–2020 | Anda ya | Los 40 | Contributor |
| 2020–present | Tarde lo que tarde | Radio Nacional | Contributor |

## Recognitions

In 2017, Forbes Spain magazine included her in its 30 under 30 list of the most influential young professionals in Spain, also being the presenter of the gala.