Lolita Lopez Biography
Lolita Lopez is an eminent American Emmy Award-winning Journalist working for NBC4 as an Investigative Reporter and Anchor. She joined NBC4 in October 2011. There, she can be seen daily reporting for NBC4 News at 11 a.m. and 4, 5, 6, and 11 p.m. She has more than two decades of experience working as a journalist and feels privileged to tell peoples’ stories and honored to meet many inspiring people along the way.
Lolita enjoys participating in charitable events that support important causes impacting Southern Californians, including the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, and promoting the importance of youth sports in the communities, knowing how much sports impacted her life.
Lolita Lopez Education
She received her education at Harvard University from 1994 to 1998 where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government. There, she was on the women’s volleyball and track teams and was also co-captain of the volleyball team in her junior and senior years.
Lolita Lopez Career
Lolita works in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. for NBC4 as an Investigative Reporter and Anchor. She joined NBC4 in October 2011. Since October 2011, she has been the station’s reporter. Since December 2016, she has been the station’s Investigative Reporter and Anchor. At NBC4, she can be seen daily reporting news at 11 a.m. and 4, 5, 6, and 11 p.m. She is part of the award-winning I-Team, digging deep into stories and causes that impact viewers throughout the Southland. At NBC4, she has covered a wide range of significant stories including national stories from the Christopher Dorner manhunt to the Los Angeles Kings Stanley Cup win in 2012.
For nearly two weeks in her early career, she was stationed at Ground Zero covering the World Trade Center tragedy, and spent many years reporting the effects of that tragedy. Prior to joining NBC4, she worked for WPIX-TV as a Sports and News Anchor/Reporter from 2001 to October 2011. There, she became the main sports anchor and field reporter for the New York Mets, working alongside the late great Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver. From 2000 to 2001, she was a Reporter, Pros and Cons with Nancy Grace on Court TV. Prior to that, she worked for KGBT-TV as a News Reporter from 1998 to 2000. Because of her exemplarity in her work, she has been recognized with various awards and honors including; several Los Angeles area Emmy Awards for her live anchoring and investigative reports.
She has won two New York area Emmy Awards for ‘Best Sports Feature’ and ‘Best Live Sports Coverage’. Moreover, she was praised by El Diario La Prensa (New York’s largest Spanish-language daily newspaper) as one of the most outstanding women in the community. Being a cancer survivor, she has shared her own challenges during treatment and recovery with a series of stories on her courageous fight against the disease as a working mother and wife.
Lolita Lopez Age
Lopez likes to keep her personal life private and hence has not disclosed the year and month she was born. It is therefore not known when she celebrates her birthday. However, she might be in her 40s.
Lolita Lopez Height
She stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.7m) tall.
Lolita Lopez Family
Lopez has managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight hence she has not disclosed any information about her parents. However, after moving to Houston from Puerto Rico at the age of four, her father became the women’s track coach at Rice University. It is not known if Lolita has any siblings.
Lolita Lopez Husband
Lolita is married to the love of her life, Eric Talesnick, a professional cinematographer. However, it is not known when they got married. She and her husband are blessed with one kid, a daughter named Lulu.
Lolita Lopez Net Worth
Lopez has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million – $5 million which she has earned through being an Investigative Reporter and Anchor.
Lolita Lopez Salary
She earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $110,500.
Lolita Lopez NBC4
Lolita works at NBC4 where she works alongside other well-known NBC4 anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sports anchors including;
- Adrian Arambulo
- David Biggar
- Michael Brownlee
- Ted Chen
- John Cádiz Klemack
- Randy Mac
- Carolyn Johnson
- Eric Leonard
- Robert Kovacik
- Belen De Leon
- Toni Guinyard
- Joel Grover
- Mekahlo Medina
- Lauren Coronado
- Hetty Chang
- Robin Winston
- Annabelle Sedano
- Darsha Philips
- Tony Shin
- Gordon Tokumatsu
- Michelle Valles