Elizabeth Espinosa
| Elizabeth Espinosa | |
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 Elizabeth Espinosa.jpg Espinosa at the 2013 Imagen Awards | |
| Born | Rose Elizabeth Espinosa Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
| 🏫 Education | UCLA |
| 💼 Occupation | Former News Reporter, Talk Radio Host |
| 👔 Employer | KVEA KSTS XETV KMEX KTTV KTLA KFI LA Sheriff Dept |
| 🏅 Awards | Two-time Emmy Award winner |
Rose Elizabeth Espinosa is the executive director of communication for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and a former news reporter in the Los Angeles television market.
Biography
Prior to joining KTLA, she was one of the correspondents for Good Day L.A. on KTTV. She also reported for KMEX and for XETV San Diego, and presented a weekly movie review segment on the "Fox Morning Show".[1] From February 2014 until October 2015, she co-hosted a two-hour early afternoon program on KFI with Mark Thompson.
A Los Angeles native, she received a Bachelor of Science degree from UCLA in 1997, graduating with Phi Beta Kappa, and speaks five languages.[1]
She has traveled to Uganda and Rwanda where she interviewed child soldiers, and to Pakistan to interview women about arranged marriages in Islamabad, Lahore, and Peshawar—an Al-Qaeda stronghold. She reported about disabled and abandoned children in El Salvador.
She has a brother who is developmentally delayed and nonverbal. In his honor, she has become an advocate for the rights of the disabled and helps community groups and non-profit organizations, such as Ability First and HOLA (Heart of Los Angeles).[1]
Espinosa, along with former television weather forecaster Mark Thompson, hosted an afternoon talk show on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles. Following the program's cancellation, Espinosa began hosting the Sunday Morning News on KFI.[2]
In 2019, she left KTLA 5 to become the executive communications director for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star
In December 2010, she was one of 10 finalists to host a show on the Oprah Winfrey Network. As a contestant on Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star, she stated her desire to host a show about learning disabilities. Her younger brother, who has a learning disability, inspired her to pursue such a show.[4] Espinosa was eliminated in the fifth episode of the contest.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Elizabeth Espinosa - ktla.com". 2011-10-05. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2010-04-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ http://kfiam640.iheart.com/media/podcast-sunday-morning-welizabeth-espinosa-sundaymorningnews/
- ↑ https://www.mediamoves.com/2019/05/espinosa-leaves-ktla-for-la-sheriffs-communications-role.html/
- ↑ "KTLA's Elizabeth Espinosa Selected as Finalist for Oprah's New TV Show". KTLA. December 31, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Unknown parameter
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External links
- KTLA On-Air Talent Bios Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Elizabeth Espinosa on IMDb
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