Alfredo Urdaci
Alfredo Urdaci (born 22 December 1959) is a Spanish journalist. He currently appears on the program El gato al agua on Intereconomía Televisión. From 2000 to 2004 he was Director of News Services for Television España (TVE), and from 2014 and 2017 he was Director of News Services for TV 13. Early life and education Urdaci received a degree in Information Science from the University of Navarre in 1983 and a degree in Philosophy and Letters at the Complutense University of Madrid. Career Diario 16 After receiving his philosophy degree, Urdaci began his career as a journalist for the now defunct Diario 16. Rome correspondent In 1985 Urdaci became the Rome correspondent for Spanish National Radio. TVE In August 1998, Urdaci was named Deputy News Director at TVE and presenter on the second edition of Telediario. In 1999 he hosted the first annual gala of the Spanish Television Academy. In May 2000, he was appointed by Javier González Ferrari as News Director at TVE, while at the same time staying on as presenter of Telediario 2. While Urdaci was News Director, the Workers' Commissions (Comisiones Obreras, CC.OO.), Spain's largest trade union, accused TVE of manipulating news reports to favor the