Laura Isabel González
Bayamón
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assignment Desk Editor
Telemundo 31- NBCUniversal
08.2022 - Current
- Assemble daybook on i-news listing story ideas and daily newsworthy events
- Monitor police and emergency scanners and electronic/printed sources for news and disseminate information to appropriate newsroom personnel
- Coordinate interviews and logistics for field crews
- Facilitate news-gathering process and ensure comprehensive coverage of all news stories across all platforms, including broadcast, digital, and web
- Collaborate with producers, anchors, reporters, photographers, and other station personnel on a daily basis, to maximize resources and provide the best coverage during breaking news coverage and/or weather & emergency situations
- Participate in editorial meetings; develop interesting story ideas using strong editorial judgment.
Investigative Journalist
Wapa TV & Wapa América
08.2021 - 06.2022
- Investigative reporting
- Interviews for TV and digital reporting
- Producing stories
- Data analysis and fact checking.
Journalist and Assignment Editor
El Vocero de Puerto Rico
05.2016 - 08.2021
- Proposal of new stories, series, and investigations
- Interviews for newsprint and digital edition
- Facilitate news-gathering process and ensure comprehensive coverage of all news stories across all platforms
- Developing narrative journalism-stories
- Participate in editorial meetings; develop interesting story ideas using strong editorial judgment.
Consulting Producer
NBC Universal
09.2020 - 10.2020
- Interviews, compilation of data, audios, and review of historical archives
- Investigative reporting for special project.
Education
Graduate Certificate - Applied Linguistics
Universidad De Puerto Rico
06.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Creative Writing and Journalistic Writing
Universidad De Puerto Rico
06.2015
Skills
- Structural Editing
- Creative Writing
- Deadline Attainment
- Develop story ideas
- Breaking News Coverage
- Newsroom Leadership
- Field Crew Management
- Editorial decision-making
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Multitasking
Accomplishments
- Emmy Suncoast Awards Winner for a documentary called "A 5 años de María: Un Pueblo que Renace" (2023).
- Emmy Suncoast Awards Winner for an investigative journalism TV piece (2022) called "Y la casa, ¿pa' cuándo?", that portrays the desperation of families in Puerto Rico desperate to find a habitable home after suffering irreparable damage to their homes
after Hurricane Maria, in 2017.
Affiliations
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ)
Certification
- Certificate in investigative journalism, a special program in Fundación Gabo (Colombia) - 2019
Timeline
Assignment Desk Editor
Telemundo 31- NBCUniversal
08.2022 - Current
Investigative Journalist
Wapa TV & Wapa América
08.2021 - 06.2022
Consulting Producer
NBC Universal
09.2020 - 10.2020
Journalist and Assignment Editor
El Vocero de Puerto Rico
05.2016 - 08.2021
Graduate Certificate - Applied Linguistics
Universidad De Puerto Rico
Bachelor of Arts - Creative Writing and Journalistic Writing
Universidad De Puerto Rico
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