Yaimee Bell Joins WNJU News Team

NBCUniversal Local’s WNJU New York (Telemundo) is adding Yaimee Bell to the station’s news team. She begins work as a weekday and weekend general assignment reporter on July 10, with her first on-air appearance expected the following week.

“Yaimee is a talented journalist who cares deeply about the issues and concerns most important to our audience. She is also a versatile multimedia reporter, skilled at delivering the big story across all viewer platforms,” said Alexa Rodriguez, WNJU News Director.

Bell joins from sister Telemundo station KBLR Las Vegas, where she worked as a multimedia journalist and was awarded a 2022 Pacific Southwest Emmy in arts and entertainment news. While at KBLR, Bell covered a multitude of issues and topics, including the Las Vegas region’s ongoing, post-COVID recovery.

She joined KBLR in 2021 after working with Univision Communications in Miami as a digital journalist.  Prior to this, Bell was a reporter for South Florida Media Network from 2018 to 2019.

A native of Cuba, Bell is bilingual in English and Spanish. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Universidad Oriente in Santiago, Cuba and a master’s degree in Spanish multimedia journalism from Florida International University in Miami.