Joaquín López-Dóriga Velandia alias "El Teacher" (born 8 February 1947) is a Mexican journalist. He started working as a journalist for the daily ''El Heraldo de México'' at the age of 18, and two years later he joined
Jacobo Zabludovsky
Jacobo Zabludovsky Kraveski (May 24, 1928 – July 2, 2015) was a Mexican journalist. He was the first anchorman in Mexican television and his TV news program, ''24 Horas'' (''24 Hours'') was for decades regarded as the most important in the co ...
in the television news program ''24 Horas''. In 1988 he was appointed news director of the ''Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión'' (''
Imevisión
The Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión (''Mexican Television Institute''), known commercially as Imevisión after 1985, was a state broadcaster and federal government agency of Mexico. At its height, Imevisión programmed two national networks ...
'').
He hosted the late evening news show ''El Noticiero con Joaquín López-Dóriga'' on
Canal de las Estrellas
Las Estrellas () is a Mexican television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. Its first official broadcast took place on 21 March 1951. It airs free-to-air through affiliate stations throughout Mexico, based on XEW-TDT in Mexico City.
It is co ...
. He also hosts the radio talk show ''López-Dóriga'' for
Radio Fórmula
Radio Fórmula is a Mexican talk radio network. Founded in 1968, Radio Fórmula programs are broadcast on more than 100 stations in Mexico as well as several stations in the United States.
It is the flagship product of Grupo Fórmula, which al ...
Network, writes for ''Milenio Diario'' and co-hosts the talk show ''Tercer Grado'', and is a member of the
CNDH Consultant Council.
López-Dóriga is known for spinning his chair at the end of his program on Canal de las Estrellas.
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Biography
1947 births
Living people
Journalists from Madrid
Mexican male journalists
Mexican talk radio hosts
Mexican television news anchors
Spanish emigrants to Mexico
Naturalized citizens of Mexico
Mexican people of Spanish descent
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