Hugo Balta, news director for Telemundo’s WNJU-47 in New York, also got pink-slipped during the company’s latest round of cuts.
Hugo had a 14 year career with Telemundo and NBC. Prior to his move to New York, he worked at WTVJ-6 (NBC) in Miami. He was part of the integration team assigned to Telemundo during the merger with NBC. Before Miami, he worked at MSNBC and WNBC in NYC.
Hugo is the VP of Broadcast of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
