Jorge Enrique De Santiago has been named General Assignment Reporter for “Noticiero Telemundo Chicago.” He’ll be working weekdays for the station’s 4:30, 5 and 10 pm newscasts.
His official start date is June 1, but he’ll begin on air the following week.
Jorge Enrique arrives to Chicago from KVDA Telemundo 60 San Antonio, where he has been a general assignment reporter for Noticias 60 Telemundo on weekdays at 5 pm and an anchor for the daily newscast at 10 pm.
He previously worked as a Multimedia Journalist, Reporter, Producer and Technical Director for Entravision Communications in Las Vegas and Reno from September 2011 to September 2013.
His past experience includes jobs as Chief of Master Control for Univision Arizona and talent/producer for Radio Campesina Network in Phoenix.
I remember this guy he was on Un Nuevo Día and made national headlines after he almost got shot on camera just interviewing a murderer that murderer tried to shot him. Jorge Enrique jumped a fence. ” He said in a statement “To be honest this is my worst dream come true,” he later told reporters. “I’ve never ever wanted to be on this side being the one who interviews. I’m usually the one on the other side of the camera asking those questions, and now to be here and having the questions being asked to me, it’s something I would have never imagined was going to happen.” He also had another in-counter when a person in a truck said get out during a live report