Lourdes Duarte | |
|---|---|
 Duarte in 2015 | |
| Born | 1976 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | DePaul University |
| Occupation | Co-anchor, WGN Evening News |
| Years active | present |
Lourdes Duarte [1] is an American television journalist for WGN-TV, where she is an investigative reporter and co-host of the WGN Evening News at 4pm.
Duarte was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, [1] to Cuban parents. [2] Growing up, she also lived in Puerto Rico and Florida. [2] [3] She graduated from DePaul University with a bachelor of arts in communications. [3]
Duarte started out as a freelance reporter for Spanish television network Telemundo in Chicago, before moving on to Metro Networks radio stations WLRN-FM and WTMI-FM in Miami. She then held television news jobs at WHOI-TV in Peoria, WXIN-TV in Indianapolis and WJBK-TV in Detroit. [1] [4] While in Indianapolis, she launched and hosted the station's public affairs program, Hoy en Dia, which aired monthly on WTTV. [4] [5] The show covered community issues and events, and was at the time the only local Spanish programming. [3]
Duarte joined WGN-TV in 2007 as a general assignment reporter. In 2009, she began anchoring WGN-TV's weekday newscast WGN News at Five with Mark Suppelsa, as well as hosting WGN's biweekly public affairs show Adelante Chicago. [1] In November 2012, in addition to her main job as anchor of WGN News at Five, she began delivering news briefs in Spanish on weekday afternoons on WLEY-FM, a Spanish station known as La Ley, alongside midday show host Martin Omar Novela. [1] In August 2014, Duarte moved from afternoons to mornings, becoming co-host of WGN Morning News , alongside Dan Ponce. [6] According to media blogger Robert Feder, the new pairing of anchors led to the station's biggest ratings boost in that time slot. [7] In 2014, as a celebration of their Latin roots, Duarte, Ponce, and reporter Ana Beleval starred in telenovela parody series Noticias de mi Corazon, with short episodes appearing on WGN. [8] [9]
Duarte became engaged to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's press secretary, Matt McGrath in February 2019. [10] Duarte announced that she was pregnant in an episode of Noticias de mi Corazon in June 2019. [11] Duarte and McGrath welcomed their baby girl in August 2019. [12]
Duarte has won four Chicago / Midwest Emmy Awards for general assignment and investigative reporting. [2] [13] She won her first Emmy Award for Hoy en Dia, the public affairs program in Spanish that she launched and hosted in Indianapolis, [3] and won a Society of Professional Journalists Award for Minority Issues Reporting for her work on the show. [14] She also won Emmy Awards for her work on Adelante Chicago, [4] and for Outstanding Achievement for News Specialty Report/Series – Human Interest, as a reporter on the WGN segment "Angel of Lower Wacker Drive" in 2014. [15]
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