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The Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce proudly announces Lourdes Duarte, co-anchor WGN-TV Evening News, will be the Emcee for our 30+1 Gala on Thursday, September, 30th, 2021. 

“Lourdes is one of our most trusted journalists in Chicago. She is also a sensitive Latina who understands the mission and values of the IHCC”, said Jaime di Paulo, IHCC President & CEO. “We are very proud of your career path and it is an honor that she joins us on the most special night of the year for our business community.”

Lourdes was born and raised in Chicago, to Cuban parents. She graduated from DePaul University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. Growing up, she also lived in Puerto Rico and Florida. 

Prior to her role on the evening news, Lourdes was co-anchor of the WGN Morning News and a reporter for WGN News at Nine. Lourdes came to WGN-TV in September of 2007 as a general assignment reporter for the WGN Midday News, WGN Evening News, and WGN News at Nine.

Lourdes Duarte has won four Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards for general assignment and investigative re

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Lourdes Duarte

Lourdes Duarte is co-anchor of WGN Evening News at 4pm. Prior to her role on the evening news, Duarte was co-anchor of the WGN Morning News and a reporter for WGN News at Nine. Duarte came to WGN-TV in September of 2007 as a general assignment reporter for the WGN Midday News, WGN Evening News and WGN News at Nine.

Prior to joining WGN-TV, Duarte worked for three years as a reporter and fill-in anchor for WJBK-TV, the Fox affiliate in Detroit, Michigan. She also spent two years as a reporter for WXIN-TV in Indianapolis. While there, she launched and hosted the station’s public affairs program, “Hoy en Dia,” and anchored daily news cut-ins in Spanish for radio station WEDJ-FM. Duarte was a reporter in Peoria at WHOI-TV and at Metro Networks in Miami, Florida for radio stations WLRN-FM and WTMI-FM. She got her start here in Chicago, working as a freelance reporter for Telemundo.

Duarte is a four time Emmy Award winner. She also received an Emmy nomination for a story on deportation. Duarte and a WGN photographer where aboard the plane that transported undoc

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Lourdes Duarte Biography

Lourdes Duarte is an American TV columnist for WGN-TV, where she is an analytical correspondent and co-host of the WGN News Evening News at 4 pm. Duarte was brought up in Chicago, Illinois, to Cuban guardians. Growing up, she likewise lived in Puerto Rico and Florida. She moved on from DePaul University with a four-year certification in liberal arts in correspondences. Duarte began as an independent columnist for Spanish broadcasting company Telemundo in Chicago, before proceeding onward to Metro Networks radio broadcasts WLRN-FM and WTMI-FM in Miami. She at that point held TV news occupations at WHOI-TV in Peoria, WXIN-TV in Indianapolis, and WJBK-TV in Detroit. While in Indianapolis, she dispatched and facilitated the station's public undertakings program, Hoy en Dia, which circulated month to month on WTTV. The show secured network issues and functions and was at the time the main neighborhood Spanish programming. Duarte joined WGN-TV in 2007 as an overall task correspondent. In 2009, she started mooring WGN-TV's non-weekend day report WGN News at

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