Zugey Lamela

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Zugey Lamela
Born (1982-03-24) March 24, 1982 (age 42)
Alma mater University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (BA)
Occupation(s)Journalist, news presenter
Employer(s) WLII (Univision) (2004–2014)
WKAQ-TV (Telemundo) (2014–present)
Known for Investigative journalism
Awards Suncoast Emmy Award (2019)

Zugey Lamela (born March 24, 1982) is a Puerto Rican journalist and news presenter. She is the anchor of the investigative news program, Telemundo Responde. In 2019, Lamela won a Suncoast Emmy Award for her investigative reporting.

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Education and career

Lamela completed a degree in journalism at University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. [1]

Lamela worked as a journalist at Univision Puerto Rico from 2004 until she dismissed in 2014. She began two days later as a television reporter at Telemundo Puerto Rico. [2] She is the news anchor of the investigative news program, Telemundo Responde. [3] In May 2019, reporter Jorge Rivera Nieves joined Lamela as co-anchor of the night edition of Telenoticias PR. [4]

On March 30, 2020, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez Garced ended a lengthy and highly publicized interview with Lamela when she was questioned about recent staff dismissals and funding concerns at the Puerto Rico Department of Health. [5]

Personal life

Lamela and her coworker, journalist Walter Soto León, began dating on June 21, 2014. [6] They were engaged in London in March 2015. [7] [8] Lamela and Soto León married on October 4, 2018 at the Hotel El Convento. [9] [10] They honeymooned in Dubai. [6]

Awards and honors

In 2019, Lamela and Millie Jiménez were nominated for the business/consumer category of the Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards for their work, "Pesadilla en el 855." [11] She won the Suncoast Emmy Award for her reporting of "Gabinetes que Almacenan Esquema Familiar" on Telmundo Responde. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Zugey Lamela". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  2. ↑ "Nuria Sebazco y Zugey Lamela llegan a Telemundo". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  3. ↑ Montalvo, Víctor Torres (2019-03-24). "De cumpleaños la reportera Zugey Lamela". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  4. ↑ "Lista Zugey Lamela para acompañar a Jorge Rivera Nieves". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 6 May 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  5. ↑ "La gobernadora corta entrevista con Zugey Lamela ante línea de preguntas sobre Mabel Cabeza". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  6. 1 2 elvocero.com, Redacción (4 October 2019). "Zugey Lamela y Walter Soto León celebran primer aniversario". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  7. ↑ Vargas Casiano, Patricia (2015-05-13). "Se comprometen Zugey Lamela y Walter Soto León". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  8. ↑ Vargas Casiano, Patricia (2020-02-14). "Zugey Lamela y Walter Soto León: cómplices en el amor y en el trabajo". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  9. ↑ González, Jennifer (2019-10-04). "Zugey Lamela y Walter Soto León celebran su primer aniversario de bodas". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  10. ↑ "Los periodistas Zugey Lamela y Walter Soto León contraen matrimonio". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  11. ↑ "Telemundo con 16 nominaciones a los Emmy 2019". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  12. ↑ "Telemundo obtiene siete premios Emmy". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
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