Guillermo Ortega Ruiz
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Guillermo Ortega Ruiz is a Mexican
journalist. He was Televisa
Nightly News Anchor.
on June 16, 1976 at the age of 21, starting as a reporter at the News 24 Hours from 1976 to 1981. He participated as a correspondent in the Salvadoran Civil War. He Covered state visits of Presidents of Mexico to different parts of the world, from José López Portillo
to Vicente Fox
. He narrated the visits of the Pope John Paul II
, Summer Olympic Games
and Space Missions, as well as witnessed and reported unrest and conflicts in various countries and covered presidential campaigns.
As TV host he has been in the following shows:
From 1998 to 2000 he was anchor of the nightly news emission in "El Canal de las Estrellas" (Channel 2) of Televisa, entitled El Noticiero with Guillermo Ortega, in place of 24 hours, with Jacobo Zabludovsky
. In 2000 he left Televisa and was replaced with Joaquín López-Dóriga
.
In 2001 he became the newspaper's editorial columnist of La Crónica de Hoy
. In 2007 he was appointed General Director of the newspaper.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
journalist. He was Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
Nightly News Anchor.
Biography
Son of Benjamin Ortega Hernandez also a journalist and Guillermina Ruiz Marcos. He studied journalism at the School of Journalism Carlos Septién Garcia.Career
He began working for TelevisaTelevisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
on June 16, 1976 at the age of 21, starting as a reporter at the News 24 Hours from 1976 to 1981. He participated as a correspondent in the Salvadoran Civil War. He Covered state visits of Presidents of Mexico to different parts of the world, from José López Portillo
José López Portillo
José López Portillo y Pacheco was the President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.Born in Mexico City, López Portillo studied Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico before beginning his political career with the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1959.He held several positions in the...
to Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican former politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.Fox was elected...
. He narrated the visits of the Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
, Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...
and Space Missions, as well as witnessed and reported unrest and conflicts in various countries and covered presidential campaigns.
As TV host he has been in the following shows:
- Televisa
- 1978: 24 Horas - in substitution of Jacobo Zabludovsky
- 1981-1984: En Contacto Directo - Host and Director - Channel 5XHGC-TVXHGC-TV is a TV station owned by Televisa, broadcasting from Mexico City, and is the flagship of the Canal 5 network.-History:XHGC signed on May 10, 1952, broadcasting a Mother's Day event organized by the Excélsior newspaper; but the regular programming began at August 18, 1952.The station was...
- 1984-1986: Notivisa - Host and Director - Canal 5
- 1987-1988: Hoy Mismo - Host - Channel 2XEW-TVXEW-TV is the call sign assigned to channel 2, a television station in Mexico City, Mexico. The station is owned by Televisa and is the flagship station to the Canal de las Estrellas network. XEW is second oldest Televisa and Mexico City's station, founded in 1951.-References:...
- 1988-1998: Eco - Host - vía satellite to all the Americas and Europe
- 1992-1998: Al Despertar - Host and Director - Channel 2
- 1998-2000: El Noticiero con Guillermo Ortega - Channel 2
- 1999-2000: En la Radio - XEQXEQ-AMXEQ-AM, also known as Bésame , is a Mexican clear-channel station on 940 kHz and licensed for Mexico City. It is licensed to Cadena Radiodifusora Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. and operated by Radiópilis, a company owned by Televisa Radio and PRISA's Unión Radio.XEQ-AM is licensed domestically in...
- MVS ComunicacionesMVS RadioMVS Radio is a group of radio stations owned by Mexican media mogul Joaquín Vargas Gómez through MVS Comunicaciones. The major groups of radio stations include EXA-FM, La Mejor, Best FM, FM Globo and Stereorey and broadcast in a host of countries including Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El...
- 2000-2003 MVS Noticias - MVS Radio
From 1998 to 2000 he was anchor of the nightly news emission in "El Canal de las Estrellas" (Channel 2) of Televisa, entitled El Noticiero with Guillermo Ortega, in place of 24 hours, with Jacobo Zabludovsky
Jacobo Zabludovsky
Jacobo Zabludovsky Kraveski is a Mexican journalist. He was the first anchorman in Mexican television and his TV news program, 24 Horas was for decades the most important in the country.-Biography:...
. In 2000 he left Televisa and was replaced with Joaquín López-Dóriga
Joaquín López-Dóriga
Joaquín López-Dóriga Velandia is a Spanish Mexican journalist.At the age of 18 he started working as a journalist for the daily El Heraldo de México and two years later he joined Jacobo Zabludovsky in the television news program 24 Horas.In 1988 he was appointed news director of the Instituto...
.
In 2001 he became the newspaper's editorial columnist of La Crónica de Hoy
La Crónica de Hoy
La Crónica de Hoy is a Mexican newspaper published in Mexico City. The newspaper was launched in 1996 by its founder, Pablo Hiriart. La Crónica de Hoy has been directed by journalist, Guillermo Ortega Ruiz, since 2007....
. In 2007 he was appointed General Director of the newspaper.