WCIU
Where it began: Channel 26
Jorge began at WCIU-TV Channel 26 in Chicago, working as a reporter and anchor before the 1995 move to WGBO.
References ↗ A LIFE DEDICATED TO THE STORY
The same values.
A new chapter.
A wider horizon.
For more than three decades, Jorge Barbosa brought Chicago’s stories into our homes—and our community into the conversation.
01 — THE JOURNALISTVERACRUZ → CHICAGO
JORGE BARBOSAJournalist. Neighbor. A familiar voice.
SILVER CIRCLE2012CHICAGO / MIDWEST
30+
Years in Chicago television
Emmy®
Award-winning journalism
2012
A career worth remembering Silver Circle honoree
MORE THAN THE NEWS
Behind the headlines,
always the people.
This is a tribute to a career built around connection: between languages, between places, and between the news of the day and the people living it.
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THE VISION · CONCEPT ARTFrom Chicago.
From Chicago.
To the world.
A new visual chapter, rooted in a lifetime of journalism. Family-provided concept artwork—not a photograph of a real broadcast or award ceremony.
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The full journey →A life, on the record.
1995
2012
2018
A city says thank you
Colleagues and Chicago sports teams celebrate his Univision farewell.
References ↗THE CONVERSATION CONTINUESEvery story starts
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