Zugey Lamela | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 24, 1982 |
| 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.
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]
References
- ^ "Zugey Lamela". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- ^ "Nuria Sebazco y Zugey Lamela llegan a Telemundo". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ Montalvo, Víctor Torres (2019-03-24). "De cumpleaños la reportera Zugey Lamela". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ "Lista Zugey Lamela para acompañar a Jorge Rivera Nieves". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 6 May 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Vargas Casiano, Patricia (2015-05-13). "Se comprometen Zugey Lamela y Walter Soto León". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ 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.
- ^ González, Jennifer (2019-10-04). "Zugey Lamela y Walter Soto León celebran su primer aniversario de bodas". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ "Los periodistas Zugey Lamela y Walter Soto León contraen matrimonio". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ "Telemundo con 16 nominaciones a los Emmy 2019". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ "Telemundo obtiene siete premios Emmy". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
External links
- Zugey Lamela at IMDb
This page was last edited on 27 September 2023, at 07:23