FORT LEE, NJ – March 31, 2025 – Telemundo 47/WNJU-TV announced the addition of veteran broadcast journalist Yilber Vega to their award-winning news team. A seasoned reporter with thirty years of professional experience, Vega begins work today as a general assignment reporter.
“Yilber has covered important court cases from Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to Harvey Weinstein, as well as presidential elections and extreme weather events such as Superstorm Sandy. He is professional, hard-working and shares our station’s deep commitment to the community. We are thrilled to welcome Yilber into the Telemundo 47 family as our newest general assignment reporter,” said Alexa Rodriguez, Telemundo 47 News Director.
Vega has been working with Telemundo 47 as a freelance journalist since June 2024. Prior to this time, he worked as a New York-based multiplatform journalist for CNN en Español, covering breaking news and general assignments from across the United States and around the world.
Before joining CNN, Yilber was a NY correspondent for the Colombian TV Networks NTN24 and RCN, as well as for the Colombian radio stations La FM and Caracol Radio. He was also a newscaster for Radio Unica New York. Yilber began his career in Colombia as political and governmental reporter for several Radio Networks and for the Channel 1 TV newscast show “Noticiero de las Siete”.
“Over the past year at Telemundo 47, I have been privileged to work alongside some of the finest news professionals in our industry – equally committed to excellence in journalism and service to community. It is an honor to join the Telemundo 47 family in this new capacity and I am excited to continue delivering the latest news and information that our viewers turn to each and every day,” said Yilber Vega.
Vega is bilingual in Spanish and English. He is a native of Colombia and earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogóta.
About Telemundo 47 New York / WNJU
Telemundo 47 / WNJU is NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo station with more than 50 years of service to the Spanish-speaking communities of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Featuring Emmy® Award-winning journalists and offering more than 27 hours of locally produced programming each week, Telemundo 47 is the Tri-State’s only Spanish language television station with a team of four certified broadcast meteorologists, La Autoridad en El Tiempo who are certified by WeatheRate for delivering the Tri-State’s most accurate Spanish-language television forecast. Their Telemundo Responde investigative unit has recovered more than $4 million to date, with Telemundo 47’s public affairs program Enfoque Nueva York shining a weekly spotlight on the policy issues and local concerns most important to viewers. Telemundo 47 offers news and information across all platforms, including the Telemundo 47 App, dedicated Peacock, Roku and Amazon FireTV channels, and through social media. The Tri-State’s Spanish-language broadcast home for FIFA™, Telemundo 47 will offer exclusive Spanish-language coverage of the 2026 FIFA™ Men’s World Cup 2026 tournament.
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