Hugo Balta

Hugo Balta is an award-winning journalist based in Chicago with 30 years of experience in leadership positions for storied networks, including NBC, Telemundo, CBS, ESPN, and ABC. Hugo is the Owner/Publisher of the Latino News Network (LNN), a group of independent local news and information multiple platform digital outlets in New England and the Midwest. He is twice the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) president and a Hall of Fame member. As a recognized change agent, Hugo is credited with redefining Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives from a problem to be solved to an opportunity to be realized. He is an editor with The Chicago Reporter and WBBM News Radio. Hugo will teach a broadcast television journalism class focused on storytelling at Columbia College Chicago.