Gustavo Gómez Córdoba

Gustavo Ernesto Gómez Córdoba (Medellín, 1967) is a Colombian journalist and writer, whose work has been recognized with awards including Journalist of the Year in 2010. He began working in Cromos magazine in the 1990s and became prominent as a national radio broadcaster starting in 2005, when he joins the team of 6AM Hoy x Hoy from Caracol Radio. He also writes for SoHo magazine and another significant media.

Career He started law school, but in his 4th year of studies he switched to the social communication program at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá. One of his first jobs was for Cromos magazine, where he became general editor; he also worked for SoHo magazine under the same job for the editions in Colombia, Ecuador and Costa Rica, and currently works as columnist of said magazines.

He also worked as a writer and programmer for the radio station Javeriana Estéreo, communications adviser of the Ministry of Government and of the Department for State Modernization during president Gaviria's government; team member of the T.V. show produced by Caracol Televisión El Radar as interviewer and wrote a chronicles section called Me cogió la tarde con…, for the El Espectador newspaper. He also was director and writer for the T.V. magazine De Paso in Señal Colombia channel.

He writes on a regular basis for magazines like Semana, Bocas, Billboard, Diners, El Malpensante, Kinetoscopio, Lámpara, Semana Books (Arcadia), Fucsia, Plan B and the radio show "Efectos Secundarios" (Caracol Radio Miami), directed by José Antonio Ponseti. He was also a writer for the T.V. Shows "Yo, José Gabriel" and "Crónica Urbana" for the Bogotá City Government.

Radio He worked alongside Julio Sánchez Cristo in the RCN Radio radioshow La F.M., and was a culture editor in the now defunct radio network r@dionet, directed by Yamid Amat. In 2005 he joined the staff of the Caracol Radio's morning news show 6AM Hoy por Hoy, as a member of a team directed by Darío Arizmendi. From 10:00 to 12:00 (UTC−5) he takes over as director of the show.

Established now as one of the most influential journalists in Colombia, he's been called "The revelation of the Colombian radio in the last 10 years". In December 2011, Caracol Televisión offered him the News Director position in place of Darío Fernando Patiño , he declined in order to spend more time with his family.