Univision promotes Daniel Coronell to EVP and executive director of News

Univision News has announced that Daniel Coronell has been promoted to executive vice president and executive director of News. He will continue reporting directly to Isaac Lee, president of News & Digital at UCI, and CEO of Fusion. This is the second promotion for Coronell since he joined Univision News in early 2011 as VP and News director; in 2012 he was named SVP and executive News director. During his tenure, Univision News has been recognized with important awards for excellence in journalism, including the duPont Award, the Peabody Award, the Walter Cronkite Award, the Gracie Award, the IRE Award and two King of Spain International Journalism Awards, among others. A renowned investigative journalist with over 20 years of experience in broadcast and print media in his native Colombia, Coronell was formerly the director of Noticias Uno, a national newscast airing on Colombia’s Canal Uno television network, and also directed national newscasts for RCN TV.