What is José María Calleja?
[[File:Presentación del libro ‘Cómo informar sobre violencia machista’.jpg|right|200px]] '''José María Fernández Calleja''' (16 May 1955 &ndash; 21 April 2020) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] journalist, political prisoner and anti-[[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]] activist. He was born in [[León, Spain]]. He worked for [[CNN (Spanish TV Network)|CNN+]] from 1999 to 2010. He was a professor of journalist at [[Charles III University of Madrid]]. From 1973 to 1974, he was a political prisoner under the [[Francisco Franco]] dictatorship. Calleja was diagnosed with [[COVID-19]] in March 2020. He died from the infection at a [[Madrid]] hospital on 21 April 2020. He was 64.<ref>[https://www.diariovasco.com/gipuzkoa/jose-maria-calleja-fallece-coronavirus-20200421135342-nt.html José María Calleja fallece por coronavirus] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Calleja, Jose Maria}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish journalists]] [[Category:Political activists]] [[Category:Spanish activists]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Madrid]] [[Category:Spanish academics]] {{bio-stub}}