Mexican bilingual journalist with more than 24 years of experience in US and Latin American markets. She has worked for the major television networks in the United States in Spanish as CNN, Univision and Telemundo.
Professional Experience
ANCHOR/SENIOR REPORTER/PRODUCER 2014-2016
Bright House Networks Infomás, Tampa, Florida
- Weeekend anchor and weekday reporter and producer for this Spanish-language cable news television channel. The channel provides 24-hour rolling news coverage focused on the Tampa Bay Area and Central Florida.
- One of the hosts for Revista Infomas a half-hour weekday magazine program covering politics, immigration, education and other news subjects that affect the Hispanic and Latin American residents in Tampa Bay Area and Central Florida.
SPANISH AND ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR 2013- 2014
Miami Dade College, Miami Florida.
- Teach intensive English and Spanish
- Ability to work in a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural environment
- Develop syllabi and instructional/assessment material for Spanish and English classes
FREELANCE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR 2012
Huffington Post Voces, Miami, Florida.
- Responsible for producing content video packages and online stories from Florida and promote them though the social media.
- http://voces.huffingtonpost.com/blanca-gomez/
ALL PLATFORM JOURNALIST 2010-2011
CNN en Español Miami, Florida.
- First Spanish female all platform one-band-man journalist trained at the University CNN Atlanta.
ANCHOR, PRODUCER AND VIDEO JOURNALIST/REPORTER 2010
Noticiero Telemundo, Houston, Texas.
- Anchor female and one-woman-band multi-media senior reporter trained by TPC Telemundo Production Center in the United States.
ANCHOR, PRODUCER AND SENIOR REPORTER 2006-2008
Noticias 48, Univision (Entravision), McAllen, Texas.
- Anchor, reporter and producer for the primetime daily newscast.
INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT 2002-2005
Univision Network, Mexico city, Mexico.
- First Univision news international correspondent appointed in Mexico, city bureau coming from an Univision affiliate.
ANCHOR AND SENIOR REPORTER 1999-2002 Noticias 48, Univision (Entravision), McAllen, Texas.
- First anchor for the first weekend newscast.
- Anchor, reporter and filled-in producer for the primetime daily newscast.
NEWS STRINGER 1998-1999
Associated Press Tamaulipas, Mexico.
- Covered the most newsworthy events in Tamaulipas, Mexico.
- Wrote investigative reports about Rio Grande pollution, immigration and political issues.
MEXICO NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT 1993-1997
El Universal Newspaper Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
- Coverage of the most newsworthy events in Matamoros, Tamaulipas and Brownsville, Texas.
Education
| 2018 PhD. Candidate Spanish Linguistics, University of Houston, Texas
2000 MAIS. Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Texas at Brownsville. 2001 AA. Spanish Translation, University of Texas at Brownsville. 1998 CERT. Translation Studies Certification, University of Texas at Brownsville. 1998 BA. Spanish, University of Texas at Brownsville.
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1988 AA. Journalism, Escuela de Periodismo y Arte en Radio y Televisión. México.
Awards & Honors
1996 First State place in Interview genre conceded by La Unión de Periodistas Democráticos de Tamaulipas.
1996 Certamen Nacional de Periodismo “Carlos Septién García”, participant.
Mexico, City.
1999 Resolution No. 59 conceded by the Texas State Senate 76th Legislature for hard work an perseverance as a Hispanic student, recipient. Austin, Texas.
1998 NAHJ Rubén Salazar Scholarship Fund recipient.
1998 National of Hispanic Journalist Student Campus Project, participant
Florida International University in Miami.
1998 First state place on-site Print News writing in Spanish, Texas Intercollegiate Press Association TIPA. Austin, Texas.
1998 Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges recognition.
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