Juan Diego Alvira Cortés (born October 16, 1976) is a Colombian journalist,

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. ...

and

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, solic ...

Biography

Alvira studied Social Communication and Journalism at

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 a ...

, later studied

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

in La Gran Colombia University. Alvira is married with the also journalist and communicator Ana María Escobar.

Career

His career began in

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). Carl ...

'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 ''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 editio ...

'', to later enter as a reporter in the news ''City Noticias'' of Colombian variant of

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 As ...

. 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 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 ...

'', as host. In the actuality, Alvira co-hosts the first edition of the news, alongside Catalina Gómez. Archive from Jorge Tadeo Lozano University. In addition to the presentation in ''Noticias Caracol'', Alvira created the section "El periodista soy yo" (in English: "I'm the Journalist"), which is based on citizen complaints sent on video. He also directs a space on '' Blu Radio'' titled "Vive Bogotá".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alvira, Juan Colombian television presenters 1976 births Colombian television journalists Living people