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Juan Diego Alvira
Juan Diego Alvira Cortés (born October 16, 1976) is a Colombian journalist, news presenter and lawyer. Biography Alvira studied Social Communication and Journalism at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, later studied Law in La Gran Colombia University. Alvira is married with the also journalist and communicator Ana María Escobar. Career His career began in RCN Radio's program ''Radio Sucesos'', in his native Ibagué, then entered sports journalism in the magazine ''Deporte Gráfico''. Alvira then debuted in the newspaper ''El Espectador'', to later enter as a reporter in the news ''City Noticias'' of Colombian variant of City TV. He became the director midday edition of ''City Noticias'', and later was responsible for hosts the stellar edition of the news and was in charge of the presentation of the journalism and research program, ''CTY, Acción contra el crimen'' (in English: ''CTY, Action against crime''). In February 2011, he debuted as ''Noticias Caracol ''Noticias Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, and industrial center of the country. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca, the indigenous inhabitants of the Altiplano. Santafé (its name after 1540) became the seat of the government of the Spanish Royal Audiencia of the New Kingdom of Granada (cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibagué
Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city is located in the center of the country, on the central mountain range of the Colombian Andes, near Nevado del Tolima. It is one of the most populous cities in the country, with about 529,635 (according to the 2018 census) inhabitants, making it the seventh (7th) most populous in Colombia. It was founded on October 14, 1550, by the Spanish captain Andrés López de Galarza. The city of Ibagué is divided into 13 communes and the rural area has 17 corregimientos. As the capital of the department of Tolima the city hosts the Government of Tolima, the Departmental Assembly, and the Attorney General's Office. It is the main epicenter of political, economic, administrative, business, art, culture, and tourism activities in the area. Ibagué maintains one of the major urban economies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News Presenter
A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. They may also be a working journalist, assisting in the collection of news material and may, in addition, provide commentary during the program. News presenters most often work from a television studio or radio studio, but may also present the news from remote locations in the field related to a particular major news event. History The role of the news presenter developed over time. Classically, the presenter would read the news from news "copy" which they may or may not have helped write with a news writer. This was often taken almost directly from wire services and then rewritten. Prior to the television era, radio-news broadcasts often mixed news with opinion and each presenter strove for a distinctive style. These presenters were r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawyer
A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solicitor, legal executive, or public servant — with each role having different functions and privileges. Working as a lawyer generally involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific problems. Some lawyers also work primarily in advancing the interests of the law and legal profession. Terminology Different legal jurisdictions have different requirements in the determination of who is recognized as being a lawyer. As a result, the meaning of the term "lawyer" may vary from place to place. Some jurisdictions have two types of lawyers, barrister and solicitors, while others fuse the two. A barrister (also known as an advocate or counselor in some jurisdictions) is a lawyer who typically specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noticias Caracol
''Noticias Caracol'' (until 9 October 2007 ''Caracol Noticias'') is the name for all the national newscast from the news division of Caracol Televisión which carries the same name. It is broadcast four times on weekdays and twice on weekends. In January 2015 the new director is Juan Roberto Vargas and the second director is Alberto Medina Lopez. Before becoming a network, Caracol Televisión produced the morning newscast ''7:30 Caracol'' in the mid-1990s. Several well-known Colombian journalists, such as Claudia Palacios, Érika Fontalvo, and María Cristina Uribe were also news presenters of ''Caracol Noticias''. Yamid Amat was its director until March 2002. The newsroom and studio was built in nine months before ''Caracol Noticias first airing, on 10 July 1998. Canadian company Imageneering acted as a consultant. All ''Noticias Caracol'' newscasts are also aired live on Caracol TV Internacional. It is currently the most watched newscast in Colombia. Sections ''Noticias Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Tadeo Lozano University
Jorge Tadeo Lozano University is a private university whose main campus is located in Bogotá, Colombia, with satellite campuses in Cartagena, Santa Marta and Chía. Established in 1954, the institution was named after the botanist, scientist and politician Jorge Tadeo Lozano. The university was founded by Joaquín Molano Campuzano, Javier Pulgar Vidal and Jaime Forero Valdés at a time of great political commotion in Colombia. Their aim was to create an environment of peaceful engagement in an academic setting, based on the scientific and altruistic principles that characterized the Royal Botanical Expedition to New Granada of which Jorge Tadeo Lozano was a member, in a team of scientists led by José Celestino Mutis . Jorge Tadeo Lozano University is a member of the Association of Colombian Universities (ASCUN), and Universia. Among the notable architecture features of the school are an auditorium, a fine art gallery, a postgraduate studies building and a public square desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RCN Radio
RCN Radio (''Radio Cadena Nacional'', "National Radio Network") is one of the main radio networks in Colombia. Founded in 1949 with the integration of ''Radio Pacífico'' (Cali), ''La Voz de Medellín' and ''Emisora Nueva Granada'' (Bogotá). Carlos Ardila Lülle is its main shareholder since 1973. Networks and radioformulas *RCN La Radio (formerly ''Cadena Básica RCN''): the main network, broadcasting news, variety, and sports. *La FM: mix of news and music in FM. Founded in 1996. * Antena 2: sports. Founded in the early 1980s * La Mega: youth programming, Top 40. Founded in the early 1990s * Amor Estéreo (formerly ''La cadena del amor''): balada in Spanish * Radio Uno: at first, an AM station specialized in vallenato. In 2005, it moved to FM with a mix of tropical music, with rancheras, and baladas in Spanish. *Rumba Estéreo: tropical music (salsa, merengue, vallenato), in the 2000s switched to reggaeton. *Bolero Estéreo: specialized in boleros, online-only since the 2000s. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Espectador
''El Espectador'' (meaning "The Spectator") is a newspaper with national circulation within Colombia, founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez on 22 March 1887 in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá. It changed from a daily to a weekly edition in 2001, following a financial crisis, and became a daily again on 11 May 2008, a comeback which had been long rumoured, in tabloid format (28 x 39.5 cm). From 1997 to 2011 its main shareholder was Julio Mario Santo Domingo. It is the oldest newspaper in Colombia. Since its first issue its motto has been "El Espectador will work for the good of the country with liberal criteria and for the good of the liberal principles with patriotic criteria". It was initially published twice a week, 500 issues each. It defined itself as a "political, literary, news and industrial newspaper". Years later it became a daily and in 2001 became a weekly. Since then, the paper uses the slogan "El Espectador. Opinion is news", implying it now focuses i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citytv Bogotá
Citytv is a Colombian free-to-air television channel, owned by El Tiempo Casa Editorial (ETCE), owner of the newspaper of the same name. ETCE licensed the Canadian brand Citytv from CHUM Limited (later sold off to Rogers Rogers may refer to: Places Canada *Rogers Pass (British Columbia) * Rogers Island (Nunavut) United States * Rogers, Arkansas, a city * Rogers, alternate name of Muroc, California, a former settlement * Rogers, Indiana, an unincorporated communit ...). It began broadcasting on March 19, 1999 on UHF channel 21 in Bogotá. The channel is a member of Asomedios. It broadcasts for the metropolitan area of Bogotá and the department of Cundinamarca. History Some programs of the original Citytv (such as MuchMusic and Electric Circus, whose Colombian versions are Mucha Música and Circo Eléctrico) were adapted to the local audience, while others such as Fashion TV or SeXTV were dubbed until 2007. It also follows the philosophy of the original Citytv: on its ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City TV
Citytv is a Canadian television network owned by the Rogers Sports & Media subsidiary of Rogers Communications. The licence of the original Citytv station, granted the callsign of CITY-TV by the CRTC on November 25, 1971 to Cable Television Association executive and former print journalist Phyllis Switzer, who moved with her family from western Canada (Alberta) to Toronto in 1967. The application was granted based on the argument that Toronto needed a locally oriented broadcast television station History CHUM Limited announced plans to sell its broadcasting assets to CTV parent CTVglobemedia on July 12, 2006. CTVgm intended to retain CHUM's Citytv system while divesting CHUM's A-Channel stations and Alberta cable channel Access to get the CRTC to approve the acquisition. On the same day that the takeover was announced, Citytv cancelled its supper-hour, late-night and weekend newscasts at its local Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary & Winnipeg stations, laying off hundreds of ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Gómez
María Catalina Gómez Sánchez (born September 8, 1984, in Armenia, Quindío) simply known as Catalina Gómez or ''Catalina Gómez Sánchez'', is a Colombian journalist and news presenter. Gómez studied at the Pontifical Bolivarian University, where she majored in Social communication and journalist, subsequently, she debuted in 2006 in a local radio program, as producer, later, she entered as news reporter and anchor at the cable news channel based-in Bogota, Colombia NTN 24. During 2012, she became a press chief of an Institutional program, and later Gómez moved to Colombia, while worked as the official anchor of the ''Noticias MundoFox'' in Miami. In March 2013, she joined '' Noticias Caracol'' as a reporter and substitute anchor, later she passed to the weekends edition, and nowadays is the current ''First edition'' co-anchor alongside Juan Diego Alvira. Gómez has been married since 2010 with the sports journalist Sports journalism is a form of writing tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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