Cristina Ranzolin
Cristina Borges Ranzolin Falcão, more known as Cristina Ranzolin (born October 28, 1966), is a Brazilian journalist and TV host. History. Cristina is daughter of Armindo Antônio Ranzolin, great name of sports radio. She has a brother, the lawyer Ricardo Ranzolin. She started her career in 1986 on RBS TV (Rede Globo-affiliated broadcaster in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul) as a sports reporter, as it was the only vacancy available at the time. In mid 1988, Cristina hosted "Campo e Lavoura" (from Portuguese: Field and Drop), TV program of the rural segment, that today  is a segment of "Galpão Crioulo", TV show about Gaucho traditions. In 1993, she moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she worked by three and a half years on Rede Globo, where, alongside William Bonner, she presented "Jornal Hoje" between 1993 and 1996. She also presented "Jornal da Globo" by 15 days, substuting Fátima Bernardes, before the arrival of Lillian Witte Fibe. Ranzolin was also eventual host of "RJTV", Rede Globo's local newscast in Rio de Janeiro, between 1993 and 1995. In 1996, Cristina returned to Rio Grande do Sul and to RBS TV to host "Jornal do Almoço  (Lunch News, in Portuguese) with also journalists Rosane Marchetti, Paulo Sant'Ana and Lasier Martins, being that after Marchetti leave in November 2010 to make reports to Globo Repórter" in Rio Grande do Sul, Ranzolin began being the sole presenter of the newscast. In July 2019, Ranzolin was chosen to host "Jornal Nacional", integrating a rotation of 27 presenters of Rede Globo owned-and-operated and affiliated broadcasters from all over Brazil, in a referent action at 50 years of the main newscast of the country. She opened the rotation in August 31, 2019, beside Márcio Bonfim, from TV Globo Nordeste , Rede Globo owned-and-operated station headquartered in Recife, Pernambuco, Northeast of Brazil, and in 2020, she joined to the fixed rotation of the newscast. However, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the rotation was temporarily cancelled, and with that, TV Globo chose to select only professionals who live in Rio de Janeiro to present Jornal Nacional, a health measure that is currently in effect. Personal life. Ranzolin is married since the end of 2003 with the former soccer player Paulo Roberto Falcão, with whom she has a daughter, Antônia, born the following year (2004).