Montserrat Rigall I. Corominas is an AI researcher and journalist for The Corporacion de Radio y Television Espanola (RTVE), a state-owned public corporation providing television stations, radio stations, and online streaming platforms. ^[1][2]

Education

Rigall graduated from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona with a Bachelor’s in Journalism and Information Sciences in 2000. She also studied policies and politics at the University of Birmingham. She received her postgraduate degree in Television Reporting and Journalism in 2002 from Universitat Pompeu Fabra and her Master of Humanities from Universitat de Barcelona in 2004. ^[3]

Career

Rigall began her career as an editor for TV Figueres from 1992 to 1996. She was a freelance reporter for TVE from 1999 to 2001, producing and presenting social and political reports. From 1999 to 2002, she was a freelance journalist for Setmanario Empordà. She joined Radio Nacional de España in 2001 as a news writer, producer, and presenter, focusing on social, political, and economic news until 2003. Between 2003 and 2006, she worked at TVE as a journalist for Catalunya Avui, followed by a role as a journalist for Telediarios until 2008. ^[4][5][6]

From 2009 to 2011, Rigall wrote for the evening news program Informatiu Vespre. She then worked as a co-editor of news programs from 2011 to 2012 and as a content coordinator for El Debat de la 1, focusing on current political and economic topics from 2012 to 2013. In 2015, she became the deputy director of El Debat de la 1, overseeing political and economic discussions and managing the program's social media until 2016. ^[4][5][6]

Rigall started teaching mobile journalism at Instituto RTVE in 2016, emphasizing the use of mobile devices for storytelling and content creation, a role she continues to hold. Concurrently, she became the communications director for La Mitja de Figueres, a nonprofit promoting sports events in the city. From 2018 to 2019, she directed the cultural program Dfiesta en La 2, which explored local traditions and culture across Spain. She also managed social media at TVE from 2019 to 2020 and taught television reporting at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya between 2019 and 2021. ^[4][5][6]

In 2020, Rigall was appointed head of communications for RTVE Catalunya, a position she held until 2021. In 2022, she became an artificial intelligence researcher at RTVE, focusing on digital media and feature writing. She has worked for RTVE since 2001 and has held various roles in the company, including broadcast journalist, news reporter, and director of cultural programs. ^[4][5][6]