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www.negociosnow.com 20 Junio 2016 ANDY AVALOS, Meteorologist Entity: WMAQ- TV NBC 5 Chicago Website: www. NBCChicago.com Profile: Award- winning NBC 5 Meteorologist Andy Avalos' career in radio and television spans more than 30 years, with more than 25 of those years spent in Chicago. Few meteorologists have been on the air longer than Avalos, who has forecast devastating floods, tornado outbreaks, heat waves, severe droughts, blizzards and ice storms. Avalos received a Chicago Emmy for his work on "The Storm Trackers" a special on severe weather in 1997. He has worked in Colorado Springs and Denver, and in 1999, took a four-year hiatus from broadcasting to start his own business, returning to the air in 2003. JORGE BARBOSA, News Anchor Entity: Univision Chicago Website: www. univision.com/ chicago/wgbo Profile: Mr. Barbosa is an anchor with Noticias Univision Chicago news segments from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. He has been part of the WGBO team since its beginning in 1995 and he has received an Emmy and eight Emmy nominations for his diverse coverage during his career. In 2012 he was a National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Silver Circle honoree. Before joining the Univision news group he worked for 10 years as a reporter and anchor with WCIU. Born in Veracruz, Mexico, Barbosa graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in administration and communication sciences. ANA BELAVAL, Reporter Entity: WGN Morning News Around Town Website: www. WGNTV.com Profile: Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Belaval is one of the few reporters who has successfully crossed over to English speaking news after nine years at Univision. For the last 10 years she has been in charge of the Around Town segment for WGN Morning News, where she covers a variety of events, businesses and happenings in the Chicagoland area. She has won three local Emmy awards while at WGN TV. Beyond her work with the morning news, she substitute anchors for CLTV and contributes to the community affairs show "Adelante Chicago." JIMENA CATARIVAS CORBETT, General Manager Entity: La Raza Website: www. LaRaza.com Profile: La Raza, and Impremedia publication, is an award winning Spanish- language media company launched more than 45 years ago in Chicago. In 2015, La Raza was recognized nationally by Editor & Publisher as one of the "Top 10 That Do It Right" and received a Gold Award for Best Spanish Language Weekly from the National Association of Hispanic Publications. In 2011, Ms. Catarivas Corbett was named the first woman general manager of La Raza. Affiliations: Chicago Arts Orchestra board member and advisory committee member with Gift of Hope, St. Augustine College, and AJC, among others. JULIAN CREWS, Reporter Entity: WGN-TV Website: www. WGNTV.com Profile: From Carbondale's Shawnee National Forest to Chicago City Hall, Julian Crews gets around. The roaming street reporter travels to every corner of the Chicagoland and Illinois region, bringing news of the day to the Tribune's WGN and CLTV viewers. From breaking news to feature reporting, this hard-working broadcast veteran gives it his all. Outside of his work as a reporter, Mr. Crews founded Old Havana Foods in 2008, specializing in all-natural, gluten-free, artisan Cuban cooking sauces (sofrito), marinades (mojo) and authentic Old Havana black beans. LOURDES DUARTE, Co-Anchor, WGN News at Five Entity: WGN-TV Website: www. WGNTV.com Profile: Lourdes Duarte is co-anchor of the top-rated WGN Morning News from 4 to 6 a.m. and one of the station's lead investigative reporters. Prior to joining WGN-TV, she worked in Detroit, Indianapolis, and Peoria. Ms. Duarte has won several awards including four Emmys for general assignment and investigative reporting. Most recently, she won an Emmy award for her story titled "Unlicensed and Serving." She also received an Emmy nomination for a story on deportation. Currently, Lourdes hosts "Adelante Chicago" on WGN, which highlights the city's growing Latino community. Affiliations: National Association of Hispanic Journalists. MICHELLE GALLARDO, Reporter Entity: ABC 7 Eyewitness News Website: www. abc7Chicago.com Profile: Ms. Gallardo is an Emmy-nominated general assignment reporter for ABC7 Chicago, where she has worked since May 2004. Before coming to ABC 7, Michelle spent three years as a weather anchor/ reporter at Univision Chicago. She is one of only three reporters in the city to cross over from Spanish-language television. In all, Michelle has 19 years of producing and reporting experience that includes local, national, and international news. Michelle also has extensive experience in the area of documentary production. Originally from Mexico, Michelle began her on-camera career as an entertainment reporter for Television Azteca in Mexico City. Affiliations: Imerman Angels, Spark Ventures. ALEX GARCIA, Photojournalist Entity: Chicago Tribune Website: www. alexandergarcia. com Alex Garcia is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial and commercial photographer based in Chicago, with more than 20 years experience as a photojournalist at the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA). HarperCollins has called him one of the world's best photographers. His photos appear in several books, including a compilation of his Chicago Tribune columns, Depth of Field: Tips on Photojournalism and Creativity. A special focus of his career has been Cuba, the country of his family's heritage. He helped inaugurate the Tribune's Cuba bureau. Affiliations: National Press Photographers Association board, adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York, volunteer with Casa Central and ROW. JOHN GARCIA, Reporter Entity: WLS-TV ABC7 Eyewitness News Website: www. abc7chicago.com Profile:Mr.Garcia is an award- winning general assignment reporter for Chicago's top-rated news station. He worked as a reporter and anchor in New Mexico, Texas and Iowa before joining the Chicago ABC affiliate in 1994. Mr. Garcia's reporting has earned him a Chicago Emmy and numerous nominations as well as an Illinois Broadcasters' Association Silver Dome Award. Affiliations: Mr.Garcia is active with the South Chicago Mexican-American Patriotic Club and volunteers with the Respiratory Health Association and the Character Counts program in Elmhurst. He is a member of the Chicago Association of Hispanic Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. ALBA MENDIOLA, Investigative Reporter Entity: WSNS- TV Telemundo Chicago Website: www. telemundoChicago.com Profile: Ms. Mendiola initiated her career at Telemundo Chicago in 2001. Currently, Alba is in charge of the "Telemundo Chicago Responde" Consumer Unit, which investigates viewers' claims of fraud, identity theft or scams. She also hosts Telemundo Chicago's monthly public affairs program titled "Enfoque Chicago." Ms. Mendiola focuses her career in special investigations and politics. She is a six-time Emmy award winner with more than 15 years of experience in broadcast journalism in the U.S. and Mexico. Affiliations: Ms. Mendiola is a member of the Investigative Reporters and Editors organization (IRE) and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) Roseanne Tellez Co-anchor Entity: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago Website: Chicago. CBSClocal.com Ms. Tellez is the co-anchor of CBS 2's midday news at 11 a.m and serves as a general assignment reporter for the afternoon newscasts at 5 and 6 p.m. She joined CBS 2 in 2004 and has been a fixture on morning news in Chicago since the mid-1990s, when she worked for WGN-TV. Tellez won an Emmy Award while at WGN for her contributions to a half-hour special called "Hero Street," a program that featured one street in Silvis, Illinois, that lost five boys in World War II. PHIL PONCE, Host of Chicago Tonight Entity: WTTW11 Website: www. WTTW.org Mr. Ponce conducts nightly interviews with newsmakers, authors and artists or moderates panels on topics ranging from business and medicine to the arts and education as host of Chicago Tonight, a nightly television magazine of news and culture. He has moderated major state and national debates, worked as an anchor on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and written a column for the Chicago Tribune. Ponce has a law degree from the University of Michigan, and he practiced law for six years before becoming a journalist. MEDIA DIANA PALOMAR DIANA PALOMAR, Vice President of Community Affairs Entity: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago Website: www.ABC7Chicago. com Ms. Palomar is responsible for ABC 7's community engagement and support efforts for all the communities represented by the station's viewership. This includes facilitating public service campaigns for air, web, digital and social media platforms, providing a direct pipeline for community stories into the newsroom, managing talent appearances for non-profit events, as well as representing the station at other events. Affiliations: Board/advisory member or trustee with the National Museum of Mexican Art, Metropolitan Family Services, YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, Casa Central, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Erie Neighborhood House, Mujeres Latinas en Acción, Common Threads and the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Diversity Committee ENRIQUE RODRIGUEZ, Reporter Entity: Univision Chicago Website: www. univision.com/ chicago/wgbo Profile: Since he joined Univision in July 2004, Mr. Rodriguez has received four Emmy Awards by the Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and has been nominated on eight occasions. He has interviewed political figures such as Mexican President Felipe Calderon, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and President Barack Obama. Affiliations: Mr. Rodriguez is extremely passionate about education and works tirelessly to motivate young Latinos to pursue their dreams through higher education. ZORAIDA SAMBOLIN, Co-Anchor Entity: WMAQ-TV NBC 5 News Today Website: www. NBCChicago.com Profile: Zoraida Sambolin is the Weekday Edition co-anchor of NBC5 News Today. She rejoined NBC5 News in 2014 after spending two years at CNN. The morning news anchor originally joined WMAQ in the summer of 2002 and began reporting for Telemundo the following year. As the first Chicago on-air broadcaster to work at both English and Spanish language stations simultaneously, she has broken new ground for Latinos in the No. 3 market in the country. Prior to joining NBC5, Sambolin was the creator and Emmy award-winning host of "Small Talk for Parents" on WYCC- TV and "Nuestros Niños" on WSNS-TV. Affiliations: Autism Speaks, Anti- Defamation League, Puerto Rican Alliance

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