Lourdes Duarte

Lourdes Duarte is an American television journalist for WGN-TV, where she is an investigative reporter and co-host of the WGN Evening News at 4pm.

Early life and education Duarte was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Growing up, she also lived in Puerto Rico and Florida. She graduated from DePaul University with a bachelor of arts in communications. While in Indianapolis, she launched and hosted the station's public affairs program, Hoy en Dia, which aired monthly on WTTV. The show covered community issues and events, and was at the time the only local Spanish programming. According to media blogger Robert Feder, the new pairing of anchors led to the station's biggest ratings boost in that time slot. In 2014, as a celebration of their Latin roots, Duarte, Ponce, and reporter Ana Beleval starred in telenovela parody series Noticias de mi Corazon, with short episodes appearing on WGN.

Personal life Duarte became engaged to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's press secretary, Matt McGrath in February 2019. Duarte announced that she was pregnant in an episode of Noticias de mi Corazon in June 2019. Duarte and McGrath welcomed their baby girl in August 2019.

Awards Duarte has won four Chicago / Midwest Emmy Awards for general assignment and investigative reporting. She won her first Emmy Award for Hoy en Dia, the public affairs program in Spanish that she launched and hosted in Indianapolis, She also won Emmy Awards for her work on Adelante Chicago,