Telemundo’s Janet Rodriguez picked up her first Emmy on Saturday, for best General Assignment Report. Janet is part of the Telemundo Production Center news team, which also won Best Newscast – daytime or evening for “Decisión 2008.” Pablo Barragán, also from TPC, won in the On-Camera Talent – Anchor News category.
Univision’s Erick Iglesias (right) won 2 Emmys – one for Feature News Report and the other for best Human Interest Feature. He also picked up a third shared win in the News Special category, along with Patricia Benavides and Mario Barraza, who also got his own Emmy for best Photographer – News and Sports.
Janet and Erick are both based in Phoenix.
Other wins from the Rocky Mountain Emmys include: KPHO-5 photojournalist Serjio Hernández and TPC editor Oscar Gómez. From KNXV-33 (Univision): editor Ramona Ramos, writers Lissette Martinez and Rubén Pereida, and for Journalistic Enterprise, María Tomasch.