Colleen Dominguez

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Colleen Dominguez
Born (1960-12-22) December 22, 1960 (age 62)
Education California State University at Los Angeles (BA)
Occupation(s)Sportscaster, Journalist
Years active1992-present

Colleen Dominguez (born December 22, 1960) is an American journalist originally from Sayre, Pennsylvania. Based in Los Angeles, she has been a national news correspondent on major news and sports television channels. She is a graduate of California State University at Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in liberal studies.

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Early career

Dominguez worked at the Fox News magazine, Front Page (1992-1994), and then was a producer at NBC News (1994-1995). She then became a reporter for KTLA-TV in Los Angeles (1995-1996). She then was a correspondent for NBC News, reporting for The Today Show , NBC Nightly News , and MSNBC from 1996 through 2003. [1]

Sports reporting

Dominguez later transitioned to sports reporting. She joined ESPN and appeared on multiple programs including SportsCenter , Outside the Lines [2] and Outside the Lines Nightly. She later joined rival network Fox Sports 1. [3] However, she became unhappy with her situation there and later filed a discrimination suit against the network. [4] The suit was later settled out of court. [5]

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References

  1. Banks, Paul. "ESPN's Colleen Dominguez: Photos and Bio". thesportsbank.net. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. "MEDIA: Mother's Day is a generational celebration for ESPN's Dominguez". dailynews.com. 6 May 2010.
  3. "Reporter Colleen Dominguez leaves ESPN for Fox Sports". FanSided. 27 February 2014.
  4. "Lawsuit filed by Fox Sports 1 personality accuses network of age and gender discrimination". Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
  5. "Fox and Colleen Dominguez have settled age discrimination lawsuit". Awful Announcing. 2017-01-31. Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-01-31.