WCVB brings on Jennifer Peñate as weekend night anchor

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The award-winning journalist joins Channel 5 from Tampa Bay, the place she anchored newscasts in English and Spanish.

Jennifer Peñate stands in a TV news studio in front of monitors bearing WCVB's logo. She is wearing a red long-sleeved dress and smiling at the camera. Her black hair is worn loose.
Jennifer Peñate, WCVB’s new weekend night information anchor and common project reporter. WCVB, Handout

WCVB has added a brand new face to its newscast lineup, bringing Jennifer Peñate on board as a reporter and weekend night anchor. 

Becoming a member of Channel 5 from WFLA/WTTA in Tampa Bay, Peñate will begin on Wednesday, WCVB stated in a press launch. The award-winning journalist will co-anchor weekend night newscasts with Shaun Chaiyabhat and report in the course of the week.

“Jennifer is a gifted journalist whose expertise and values will make her a wonderful addition to WCVB,” the station’s president and common supervisor Kyle I. Grimes stated in a press release. “She has additionally been lengthy devoted to public service having volunteered for quite a few nonprofit organizations in addition to founding her personal targeted on mentorship. Jennifer’s journalism excellence mixed along with her dedication to her neighborhood make her an ideal match for the WCVB crew.”

In Tampa Bay, Peñate anchored English language newscasts and created and anchored WTTA’s Spanish language newscast, “Noticias Tampa Hoy,” in keeping with the press launch.

WCVB described Peñate, who was born in El Salvador, as an “integral contributor” to TampaHoy.com, the Florida station’s Spanish language information web site. She acquired a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for her digital reporting on TampaHoy.com, the station famous.

Peñate, who grew up in Los Angeles and Northwest Arkansas, holds a level in journalism and Spanish from the College of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She acquired her begin as a reporter in Missouri, adopted by a three-year stint as a night anchor in Arkansas. 

“I’m humbled [to] be becoming a member of WCVB, some of the extremely regarded tv stations within the nation,” Peñate stated in a press release. “I stay up for anchoring the weekend night information with Shaun in addition to contributing to the superb journalism and impactful public service offered to the neighborhood by the Channel 5 crew daily.”