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Duarte promoted to weekday anchor

November 19, 2009 by Veronica Villafañe

Lourdes Duarte has been promoted to 5 pm weekday anchor at WGN-TV, the Tribune-owned CW affiliate in Chicago. Lourdes is also the host of “Adelante Chicago,” a Hispanic public affairs show that airs every other Saturday from 6:30 to 7 am.

Lourdes joined WGN as a general assignment reporter in Sept. 2007. She previously worked as a reporter and fill-in anchor at WJBK-2 (Fox) in Detroit. Before that, she worked as a reporter at WXIN-59 (Fox) in Indianapolis. She got her start in her hometown of Chicago, working as a freelance reporter for Telemundo.

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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