Magdalena Grant
Magdalena Grant | |
|---|---|
Grant in 2018 | |
| Born | March 13, 1987 |
| Other names | Mane Grant |
| Alma mater | Universidad Diego Portales |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2010-present |
| Employer | ESPN Chile |
Magdalena Susana Grant Yupanqui (born March 13, 1987), also known as Mane Grant, is a Chilean journalist, known for being the first host of the Chilean version of the sports news program Central Fox on Fox Sports Chile. She has also worked as a panelist on the ESPN Chile program Nexo ESPN.
Career
A graduate and licensed journalist from Diego Portales University, her first job in the media was in 2010, when she did her internship in the sports area of Televisión Nacional de Chile, where she was responsible, among other things, for covering the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
A year later she joined Canal del Fútbol, where she worked as a reporter and hosted the program Rank , which reviewed archival footage of the best moments in Chilean football.[1] She quickly became a regular on the channel and became its main female face, soon becoming the main anchor of CDF Noticias, the channel's flagship newscast.[2]
After more than three years at Canal del Fútbol, in July 2014 she changed television networks, joining the newly launched sports channel Fox Sports Chile, taking over as host of the news program Central Fox Chile alongside former player, now sports commentator Rodrigo Goldberg.[3]
In January 2015, she was one of the journalists in charge of covering the 2015 Dakar Rally for all of Latin America through the Fox Sports channel.[4]
In August 2016, she was surprisingly fired from Fox Sports Chile along with another colleague for promoting a competitor's product on social media.[5] She then co-hosted the program Buen Vivir on Radio FM Tiempo with Vanesa Borghi and Sebastián Keitel, co-hosted the program Cracks on the Vía X channel with Ivan Guerrero, and was also ESPN's correspondent in Russia for the Confederations Cup.
Since 2018 she has been a panelist and reporter on the Nexo ESPN program on ESPN Chile and on the Cónclave Deportivo program on Radio La Clave.
Personal life
Grant played volleyball for ten years. She does spinning and boxing in her free time.[6]
Television
| Year | Program | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Rank | Host | Canal del Fútbol |
| 2012-2014 | CDF Noticias | Host | |
| 2014-2015 | Central Fox Chile | Host | Fox Sports Chile |
| 2015 | Rally Dakar 2015 | Host | Fox Sports |
| 2016 | Fox Sports Radio | Panelist | Fox Sports Chile |
| Nunca es Tarde | Host | ||
| Malas Compañías | Panelist | Canal Vive | |
| 2017 | Copa Confederaciones | Correspondent | ESPN Chile |
| Cracks | Host | Vía X | |
| Deportes TVN | Panelist | TVN | |
| 2018-2019 | ESPN Nexo | Panelist | ESPN Chile |
Radio
| Year | Program | Role | Radio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Cónclave Deportivo | Panelist | Radio La Clave |
| 2017 | Buen Vivir | Host | FM Tiempo |
| 2018-2019 | Cónclave Deportivo | Panelist | Radio La Clave |
References
- ^ CDF.cl. "No te pierdas RNK, el ranking con lo mejor del fútbol chileno" (in Spanish). www.cdf.cl. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ^ "Mane Grant, el bello rostro del CDF: "El HD es un gran aporte para el fútbol chileno"". El Gráfico Chile (in Spanish). www.elgraficochile.cl. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ "Periodista de CDF se convierte en la primera chilena en conducir noticiario de Fox Sports". emol.com (in Spanish). www.emol.com. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ Uno, Diario. "La diosa chilena que reemplaza a Alina". diariouno.com.ar (in Spanish). www.diariouno.com.ar. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Reconocidos periodistas deportivos son despedidos sorpresivamente por su canal". El Boyaldia (in Spanish). www.elboyaldia.cl. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ Portales, U. Diego. "Periodista UDP y Conductora de Central Fox Chile". udp.cl (in Spanish). www.udp.cl. Retrieved 7 April 2015.