{"id":9471,"date":"2015-11-19T16:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T22:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=9471"},"modified":"2015-11-21T15:55:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T21:55:44","slug":"cbs-2-welcomes-reporter-sandra-torres-back-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/11\/19\/cbs-2-welcomes-reporter-sandra-torres-back-home\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS 2 welcomes reporter Sandra Torres \u2018back home\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Sandra Torres (Photo: Ronald Zachara)<\/p><\/div>\n

Sandra Torres, a bilingual journalist who was born in Colombia and grew up in northwest suburban Buffalo Grove, has been hired as a general assignment reporter at CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2.<\/a><\/p>\n

Torres, who previously worked as a producer at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5<\/a> and a reporter and fill-in weather anchor at Telemundo WSNS-Channel 44,<\/a> joins CBS 2 Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thrilled to welcome Sandra back home to Chicago and to the CBS 2 Chicago news team,\u201d Jeff Kiernan, CBS 2 vice president and news director, said in a statement. \u201cShe is adept at all aspects of news production and has proven herself to be a terrific reporter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since 2012 Torres has worked in Milwaukee as a reporter for CBS affiliate WDJT-TV and an anchor for Telemundo WYTU-LD. Both are owned by Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a bittersweet announcement: my time in Milwaukee is coming to an end,\u201d Torres wrote on Facebook<\/a> Thursday. \u201cI'm extremely thankful for my three-and-a-half years at CBS 58 and Telemundo Wisconsin. I've met so many incredible people and have truly connected with this community.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, it's time to move back home. On November 30th, I'll be joining the CBS 2 Chicago team. It is truly an honor to have the opportunity to be a part of such a distinguished team. I'm excited to do what I love in a city I love!\u201d<\/p>\n

A graduate of Harper College and Illinois State University, Torres joined Telemundo Chicago in 2007 as a reporter and shifted to NBC 5 in 2010 as a morning news content producer. She also worked as an instructor at Illinois Center for Broadcasting.<\/p>\n

Born and raised in Cali, Colombia, she moved with her family to the United States in 1997. She describes herself as \u201c100 percent Colombiana \u2014 Chicagoan at heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Torres is the fourth hire at CBS 2 since August. She follows anchor Irika Sargent<\/a> from CBS-owned WFOR-TV in Miami, anchor Lionel Moise<\/a> from WLTX-TV, the CBS affiliate in Columbia, South Carolina, and reporter Audrina Bigos <\/a>from WCCB-TV, the CW affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sandra Torres, a bilingual journalist who was born in Colombia and grew up in northwest suburban Buffalo Grove, has been hired as a general assignment reporter at CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2. Torres, who previously worked as a producer at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 and a reporter and fill-in weather anchor at Telemundo WSNS-Channel 44, joins CBS 2... 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\/9471"}],"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=9471"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9486,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9471\/revisions\/9486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}