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Public radio exec Vidal Guzman dies trying to save son from drowning

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Vidal GuzmanLongtime Public Radio International executive Vidal Guzman died trying to save his 19-year-old son from nearly drowning. He was 60.

According to family members, Guzman, who was vacationing in Puerto Rico, died on Monday evening.

His daughter Marieli Guzman, who is a licensed practical nurse, tried unsuccessfully to revive her father, she told the Star Tribune.

Guzman worked in the radio industry for 30 years, starting his career as a producer and technical director for Wisconsin Public Radio. For the past 22 years, he was a senior manager at Public Radio International in Minneapolis.

During his lengthy career, Guzman advocated for diversifying public radio. He helped launch news programs such as daily newsmagazine “The World,” and “Latino USA,” an award-winning radio newsmagazine focusing on the Latino community.

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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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