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Hena Cuevas among Univision News layoffs

February 6, 2018 by Veronica Villafañe

Hena CuevasThere was a round of layoffs at Univision’s network news division late last week.

Sources say the cuts affected several cameramen and editors from “Aquí y Ahora” and “Primer Impacto.”

Hena Cuevas, a Los Angeles-based correspondent for “Aquí y Ahora” since 2013, was among the layoffs.

A company spokesperson confirmed Cuevas is no longer with the company, but did not address how many people lost their jobs, issuing the following statement:

“As the media industry evolves, we recently took steps to realign parts of our News operation and reallocate resources that will best serve our audience on all of our platforms.”

According to inside sources, “Aquí y Ahora” longtime cameramen Jorge Vásquez (in Miami) and Rudy Leiva (in LA), as well as “Primer Impacto” photographer Hugo Ballesteros are among those who were laid off.

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: Hena Cuevas, Univision

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. James says

    February 6, 2018 at 6:23 PM

    Otra vez Univision… No sacaron ni a un solo colombiano La cadena oficial de Colombia en Estados Unidos

    • Emilio Lalcanzayagarra says

      February 8, 2018 at 4:35 PM

      qie hijos de la ching….

  2. Mari says

    February 8, 2018 at 5:43 PM

    Hena no es colombiana?

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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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