departure<\/a> of Rafer Weigel as sports reporter and anchor.<\/p>\nHere is the text of a memo Tuesday from ABC 7 news director Jennifer Graves:<\/strong><\/p>\nIf you saw our 5pm news this afternoon, you saw today\u2019s headline: Theresa Gutierrez has decided to retire from ABC 7.<\/em><\/p>\nTheresa\u2019s career here is nothing short of legendary.\u00a0She\u2019s been at ABC 7 for almost 43 years. She\u2019s held multiple positions in the newsroom and in our programming department:\u00a0 program host, program producer, general assignment reporter, even production assistant!\u00a0 Theresa was one of the first Hispanic women to break into television journalism.\u00a0Theresa, along with Barbara Walters, Connie Chung, Christiane Amanpour and Jane Pauley were featured on the cover of an educational book, <\/em>Women Who Broke Barriers: The New Face of TV News.<\/p>\nShe\u2019s a true trailblazer and one of the hardest working, most dedicated and most versatile journalists in the business.\u00a0As you know, Theresa\u2019s community roots are deep and she\u2019s been honored with awards too numerous to list. Please take a look at the attached news release, and you\u2019ll be reminded of Theresa\u2019s many and varied contributions to ABC 7 and television journalism.<\/em><\/p>\nTheresa\u2019s last day will be October 31. We\u2019ll celebrate her amazing career as we get closer to that date.\u00a0In the meantime, let\u2019s all thank Theresa for her many contributions to ABC 7 and wish her the best as she prepares for this next chapter of her life with her wonderful husband Ambrose.<\/em><\/p>\nThank you, Theresa!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hispanic women were all but invisible on television news when Theresa Gutierrez got her start as a production assistant at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 in 1971 and shifted to ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 the following year. Now, 43 years later, she\u2019s stepping down from ABC 7 after an inspiring career as a general-assignment reporter, public-affairs host, program... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5055"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5064,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5055\/revisions\/5064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}