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Jackie Ortiz leaves WOAI

Posted on 08 July 2014. Tags: ,

jacqueline ortizWeekend anchor Jacqueline Ortiz is leaving San Antonio’s WOAI-KABB to become a full-time mom to her two kids.  She had been at the station for the past 16 years.

She stopped reporting on June 25, but continues to co-anchor the weekend newscasts until July 13, when she signs off for good.

Before joining the station in July of 1998, Jackie worked as an anchor/reporter at KXII in Sherman. She previously worked at KEYE-42 in Austin and freelanced at KTVT in Dallas. She began her career at the ABC Affiliate  in Waco. 

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I'm an Emmy award-winning journalist, who's worked as an on-air reporter in Spanish and English-language television news. I've worked for Univision, Telemundo, CNN en Español and Los Angeles Fox and UPN stations before diving into a convergence model at the San Jose Mercury News. I was president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists from 2004 to 2006, and inducted into the Hall of Fame in August of 2016. As an online news manager, I was West Coast Web Editor for impreMedia and Managing Editor of IntersectionsSouthLA.org. In addition to running Media Moves, which I founded in June of 2007, I'm a regular contributor to Forbes and also do freelance work as writer, reporter and producer.
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