Zugey Lamela

Zugey Lamela (born March 24) is a Puerto Rican journalist and news presenter. She is the anchor of the investigative news program, Telemundo Responde. In 2019, Lamela won a Suncoast Emmy Award for her investigative reporting.

Zugey Lamela
BornMarch 24
Alma materUniversity of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (BA)
OccupationJournalist, news presenter
EmployerTelemundo Internacional (2014–present)
Known forInvestigative journalism
AwardsSuncoast Emmy Award (2019)

Early life and education

Lamela was born on March 24.[1] She completed a degree in journalism at University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.[2]

Career

Lamela worked as a journalist at Univision Puerto Rico until she dismissed in 2014. She began two days later as a television reporter at Telemundo Internacional.[3] She is the news anchor of the investigative news program, Telemundo Responde.[1] In May 2019, reporter Jorge Rivera Nieves joined Lamela as co-anchor of the night edition of Telenoticias PR.[4]

On March 30, 2020, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez Garced ended a lengthy and highly publicized interview with Lamela when she was questioned about recent staff dismissals and funding concerns at the Puerto Rico Department of Health.[5]

Personal life

Lamela and her coworker, journalist Walter Soto León, began dating on June 21, 2014.[6] They were engaged in London in March 2015.[7][8] Lamela and Soto León married on October 4, 2018 at the Hotel El Convento.[9][10] They honeymooned in Dubai.[6]

Awards and honors

In 2019, Lamela and Millie Jiménez were nominated for the business/consumer category of the Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards for their work, "Pesadilla en el 855."[11] She won the Suncoast Emmy Award for her reporting of "Gabinetes que Almacenan Esquema Familiar" on Telmundo Responde.[12]

References
  1. Montalvo, Víctor Torres (2019-03-24). "De cumpleaños la reportera Zugey Lamela". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  2. "Zugey Lamela". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  3. "Nuria Sebazco y Zugey Lamela llegan a Telemundo". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  4. "Lista Zugey Lamela para acompañar a Jorge Rivera Nieves". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  5. "La gobernadora corta entrevista con Zugey Lamela ante línea de preguntas sobre Mabel Cabeza". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  6. elvocero.com, Redacción. "Zugey Lamela y Walter Soto León celebran primer aniversario". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  7. Vargas Casiano, Patricia (2015-05-13). "Se comprometen Zugey Lamela y Walter Soto León". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  8. Vargas Casiano, Patricia (2020-02-14). "Zugey Lamela y Walter Soto León: cómplices en el amor y en el trabajo". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  9. González, Jennifer (2019-10-04). "Zugey Lamela y Walter Soto León celebran su primer aniversario de bodas". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  10. "Los periodistas Zugey Lamela y Walter Soto León contraen matrimonio". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  11. "Telemundo con 16 nominaciones a los Emmy 2019". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  12. "Telemundo obtiene siete premios Emmy". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
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