Isa Soares is a Portuguese journalist based in

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, working as a

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and international correspondent for

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. She is the host of ''Isa Soares Tonight,'' which airs every weeknight. Soares won the

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for Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Report in 2020 for her investigation on

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, named "Maduro's Blood Gold".

Early life and education

Isa Soares was born and raised in

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, and spent time in

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, before moving to

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. She received a

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in Hispanic and Lusophone Studies from

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and a

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in International Relations and Economics from the

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. Initially intending to become a

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, she was drawn to journalism after applying for an internship at

's Public Relations department, towards the end of her master's degree studies.

Career

Soares joined

as an intern in the Public Relations department. At the end of the internship, she was invited to stay for another internship with the Sports team, who were needing someone who could speak Portuguese to cover the

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tournament, that would be taking place in

. Subsequently, she was hired as production assistant. Soares worked mainly as a producer in her early career, and had a breakthrough when she was invited to speak about the Portuguese financial crisis on Richard Quest's show. Afterwards, she was invited to do more work as news reporter and correspondent. As a correspondent, she has covered major events in

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and

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. As a news anchor, Soares has done work for the shows ''Quest Means Business'', ''

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and'' ''

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''. Since July 2022, she is the anchor of her own news show ''Isa Soares Tonight''.

Awards

* 2020:

for Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Report – "Maduro's Blood Gold"

External links

Isa Soares – CNN Profile

References

Portuguese television journalists Mass media people from Lisbon CNN people Living people News & Documentary Emmy Award winners {{DEFAULTSORT:Soares, Isa Year of birth missing (living people)