Not sure I’m deserving of being on this prestigious list, but certainly grateful to be included with many members of the ESPN Familia and other sports media outlets 🙏🏼👍🏼💪🏼 “Balta began his reporting career as a producer for NY1 in 1994. Since then, he has worked for Telemundo, NBC, MSNBC, WCBS and most recently, ESPN.…
One of the most candid conversations I’ve been fortunate to be a part of. I was a guest on Unfiltered Sports Talk podcast. Here’s some of the topics covered: -Challenges, missions and goals -Sports in the Latino community and families -Weakness of diversity promotion in MLB and lack of equal opportunity for managerial and front…
“…In his new role, he’ll help lead the transformation of ESPN Deportes from a Spanish-language network into a network that produces content in Spanish and English as part of the company’s total market approach in serving US Hispanic sports fans.” Full article on Media Moves
“When you talk about women and you talk about careers in horse racing, among the challenges is also a lack of visibility and a lack of promotion opportunities,” Hugo Balta said. The backside workers “are the most invisible visible around horseracing,” he said. “They’re everywhere, but they’re nowhere.” Full article by Amanda Beam on the…
ESPN One Nacion TV special nominated for the Tecla Award at Hispanicize 2016! The Hispanic Heritage Month special was produced from South Beach, Florida and aired live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes. An additional 30 minutes aired on the Fusion network. The theme of the bilingual program was PRIDE!! – in sports, family and culture.…
“Hugo Balta, President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) and Coordinating Producer at ESPN, spoke to a packed house in an APSC-sponsored event on Friday, October 24 that was free and open to the public. Videos concerning certain topics are linked to in the following:” Lecture clips: ESPN’s Hugo Balta Spoke
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