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Méndez named VP News at WNJU

June 22, 2015 by Veronica Villafañe

Karen MendezBarely a year after joining KXTX 39, Telemundo O&O in Dallas, Karen Méndez is moving back to the east coast.

She’ll be taking over the role of Vice President of News of WNJU Telemundo 47 New York starting in mid-July, replacing José Morales, who exited the station earlier this month.

In this role, Méndez will be responsible for the Telemundo 47 news department and any other local productions across multiple media platforms.

Before joining Telemundo 39, she was the News Director for WFDC Univision in Washington, D.C. She was previously News Director at WVEN Univision Orlando.  Before that, she was a Senior Producer at WLII Univision Puerto Rico from 2002 to 2006

She launched her broadcasting career at WXTV Univision 41 New York in 2000, where she worked as a general producer.

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: Karen Mendez, KXTX, Telemundo, WNJU

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  1. marisol blacud says

    July 3, 2015 at 7:58 AM

    Yeahhhhh…..Dios te siga respaldo Karen…eres una gran hija de Dios y una mamá increible, en buena amiga….espero nos volvamos a ver prontito…..Bendiciones para tu esposo y Viktot….Mateo 21:22

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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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