Telemundo Names Vélez Network News EVP

Telemundo Network today named Luis Carlos Vélez executive vice president of network news, reporting to Luis Silberwasser, president of the Telemundo Network.

In this new role, Velez will oversee the network news operations and be responsible for editorial direction, programming and production of all news properties, including the nightly newscast, Noticiero Telemundo; the Sunday news program Enfoque con Jose Diaz-Balart; the national weekend newscast Noticias Telemundo Fin de Semana; and the news content of Telemundo’s morning program Un Nuevo Día, as well as other related network news programming, breaking news and specials.

Vélez also will oversee the network’s daily news magazine program, Al Rojo Vivo. In addition, he will play a key role in strengthening the collaborations with Telemundo’s owned and operated stations and leveraging the group’s relationship with and expertise of NBC News.    

Previously, Vélez was anchor and news director in Caracol Television in Colombia. In that role he supervised all editorial content for Caracol News across its multimedia platforms, leading a team of more than 150 journalists.

Prior to that, he was an anchor and reporter for CNN International based in New York and an anchor for CNN en Español.

Born in Bogotá, Vélez earned a degree in economics from the Universidad de los Andes, undergraduate credits at the London School of Economics and a certificate in administration and management from Harvard University.