Mercedes Gallego

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mercedes Gallego
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Jul 4, 1970(1970-07-04)
Age	54
Birthplace	Sabadell
Country	Spain
Horoscope	Cancer

Mercedes Gallego Biography

Mercedes Gallego is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on July 4, 1970 in Sabadell, Spain. Mercedes Gallego, born July 4, 1970, is a Spanish journalist who has specialized in foreign policy, the coverage of wars, conflicts, and natural catastrophes. Since 1994, she has been a foreign correspondent in various Spanish newspapers. She was the only Spanish woman journalist to cover the 2003 invasion of Iraq as embedded journalist with the US troops. In her non-fiction book Mas ala de la batalla, una corresponsal en guerra en Irak, she describes her experiences as a female correspondent in Iraq. This book reveals the sexual abuses she witnessed in the military. In 2009, she co-authored the award-winning documentary Rape in the Ranks. The Enemy Within. She is currently the US Bureau Chief at Vocento Media Group. She is also a frequent guest on Channel NY1 Noticias, where she serves as a political commentator for “Pura Politica”.

Gallego was transferred to New York City in 1999 as the US Bureau Chief for Vocento Media Group during the Kosovo bombing. Apart from all US elections since 2000, she witnessed the September 11 attacks, invasion of Iraq 2003, Hurricane Katrina 2005, earthquake in Haiti 2010 and Hurricane Sandy 2012.

Gallego covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq as an embedded journalist. She was one of the five international journalists attached to the headquarters battalion of the US First Marine Division. The other four were representing The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and NPR radio. One of the fruits of this experience is her non-fiction book Más allá de la batalla: una corresponsal de guerra en Irak (Beyond the Battle: A War Correspondent in Iraq), which she dedicated to her best friend and fallen colleague Julio Anguita Parrado. It is a raw, first person narrative of the war that exposes sexual abuses within the military, four months before the US Congress required the Pentagon to conduct an official investigation. Gallego’s story was also featured in the book Embedded by Bill Katovsky and Timothy Carlson (2004). Since then, Gallego fights tirelessly to raise public awareness about human right abuses. For this work she has received awards from Intereconomía Radio, El País, the Messengers of Peace Association and a special mention from the Miguel Gil Foundation. In 2009 she coauthored the documentary Rape in the Ranks: The Enemy Within for France2 Télévision with Belgian reporter Pascale Bourgaux. The 30-minute-film received the Bronze Remi Award at the 2009 Annual World Fest Houston International Film Festival and in 2010 the Best Investigative Documentary at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.

Mercedes Gallego was born and raised in Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain. In 1994, she received a bachelor’s degree in journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid.

Mercedes Gallego Net Worth

Mercedes Gallego is one of the richest Journalist from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mercedes Gallego 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gallego began her career as a journalist for radio stations and musical magazines in Madrid. She first worked in America in 1991 as a reporter at Tiempo Latino in San Francisco, California.

After earning her journalism degree, she moved to Mexico where she worked at several Mexican television channels and newspapers, such as Canal 22, Telecinco and Reforma. In 1994, she arrived in Mexico to cover the Zapatista uprisings in Chiapas and the political killings that afflicted the country. She also covered the Tequila Crisis in Latin America, which saw the devaluation the peso. She covered, among other things, the guerrillas of Guatemala, Nicaragua’s political transition, Hurricane Mitch in Honduras and Che Guevara’s funeral in Cuba between 1994-1999.

Mercedes Gallego has been the recipient of several prestigious awards. In 2003 she received the prize for Best Journalist of the Year by Intereconomía Radio and shared a special Ortega y Gasset Award from El País with other notable correspondents of the Iraq War. In 2004 she was a recipient of the Pluma de la Paz (“Pen of Peace”) presented by the Messengers of Peace Association. In 2007 she received a Special Mention of the Jury of the VI Miguel Gil Journalism Awards. Rape in the Ranks: The Enemy Within, the film she coauthored with Pascal Bourgaux, received the Bronze Remi Award at the 2009 Annual World Fest Houston International Film Festival and in 2010 the Best Investigative Documentary at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.

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Mercedes Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Mercedes Gallego celebrates birthday on July 4 of every year.