The journalist has just celebrated the 900 programs of ‘Cuatro al día’, the evening paper of the second Mediaset channel
Almost a quarter of a century on Cadena Ser was enough for Ana Terradillos (San Sebastián, 1973) to close one professional podium and open another on the small screen. After replacing Ana Rosa Quintana during her breast cancer sick leave at the political table of Telecinco’s morning show, the journalist jumps into Cuatro’s afternoons to present ‘Cuatro al día’ (6:00 pm), the current affairs program and entertainment broadcast by the second Mediaset chain and which has just completed 900 broadcast programs.
-‘Four a Day’ just completed 900 programs, but you’re only here a short time.
-I still have very little account in ‘Cuatro al día’ (laughs). It’s very good because it was a program that was hard to keep on the grid and it has completed 900 programs. That’s an award and congratulations to all the people who help us make the program from home. We are a television format that acts as a loudspeaker for the demands sent to us. What we do is transfer your request and can pass it on to those who can do something to help you. We are constantly receiving complaints from citizens. With the pandemic, we realized that citizens were looking for a reference program to find solutions to their uncertainties and concerns.
-How does a day go when writing the program?
– Like the rest of the journalists, we work 24 hours a day. ‘Cuatro al día’ has a team of young and alert people, with enthusiasm, and they have the motto that they can contribute their ideas. In my case, I arrive at noon and go through the makeup and hairdresser first, in case there’s any news I need to tell on television. It was the format that used to be followed by the presenters. Then we make a little bit of progress with ‘The Ana Rosa Program’ and from that point on I’m on the editorial board and I’m starting to troubleshoot with the rest of the team. At 4:00 PM I go to the locker room to finish something I can contribute and around 5:15 PM I go back to the makeup and then to the set.
-We are used to seeing her with more serious information, but now she dares with the social chronicle.
– I wasn’t used to it. At Cadena SER he dealt with very delicate and complicated issues related to security, corruption and terrorism. In ‘El programa de Ana Rosa’ I already picked up on the ‘social club’ part and it was like my baptism. I think it’s funny. News from the world of the heart is searched and edited in the same way, with the same accuracy as other types of information. Since I’m not that trained with those issues, the reaction is very natural and I think I like that too. I’ve never vetoed the social chronicle, I have no control over it, but I really like his gear and I’ve approached that world.
– Do you remember the first time you were offered to replace Ana Rosa Quintana on Telecinco?
-I remember saying “good morning” the first day and feeling like no one heard me, and I said it again. I was so impressed… I wasn’t scared, but I was very curious and respectful, which I think is essential in a new business. I watch that first show from time to time and the truth is it was fun because I was nervous. I am very grateful to the production company Unicorn, who chose me to collaborate and later replace the Queen of the Mornings, and now Mediaset, who has given me a long-term contract. And also to Ana Rosa, who has always supported and advised me. He is a role model in every way.
Was your parting from radio hard?
– I don’t think you should ever say that in the past. The doors are open and at Cadena Ser they left me on leave. I think it was a very generous outing. They were 24 years old. The day I left, I left with a tear, because I had very good moments there. I enjoyed it like no other. I have had the opportunity to discuss important matters or travel to the Middle East. I’ve been a war correspondent and that’s a really good opportunity, because that’s at the height of journalism. Now I think I’m in another phase where I’m going to focus a lot on TV.
-You are pointed to social networks quite regularly. How do you deal with criticism?
-In the beginning it was very bad, but now honestly good. I have realized that despite the fact that social networks have many features and benefits, it is a micro world. There are many people who do not know you who dare to say that they are disappointed in you. Twitter is a very small world and it affects me less and less. I’m not a blocker because I’m a dialogue person. Criticism is constructive, but insults should not go unpunished.
– Don’t you miss political appointments in these times of so much uncertainty?
-This is something that really pisses me off. I don’t think the citizens deserve it. Because I’ve also spent a lot of time with politicians, I know they can make deals, but there’s the electoral race… It annoys me that there aren’t parties in this country that can make big deals in terms of economics or justice . It is in the public interest. Pacts have been made, not at the state level, but in municipalities or communities, with very extreme groups, from Bildu to the PP. Those political barriers must be overcome.
Source: La Verdad
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