Lilia Luciano (born October 12, 1984) is an award-winning television
investigative journalist, filmmaker and public speaker. She is
currently a freelance correspondent at CBS News based in Los Angeles.
Before moving to Los Angeles, she worked as the investigative reporter
at ABC 10 in Sacramento and was the chief investigative correspondent
on Discovery Channel's Border Live.In 2019, she was awarded a Walter
Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism as a special commendation
for enterprise for her four-part documentary series, Puerto Rico
Rises, which she directed and produced for ABC Sacramento, a TEGNA
station. She has also won five Regional Emmy Awards. In 2018 her
coverage of the Northern California Wildfires of 2018 received a
regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Continuous Coverage. Luciano has
won four Regional Emmy Awards. In 2019, she won the Emmy for her
special TEGNA series "Crisis at the Border," and for her team's
coverage of the Northern California Wildfires. In 2018, she won for
California Wildfires coverage and for her documentary Puerto Rico
Rises. In 2013, Luciano was also awarded GLAAD's Outstanding Digital
Journalism Article media award for her coverage of homophobia in U.S.
Hispanic media.Luciano is the investigative reporter at ABC 10 in
Sacramento, California. She is the director and producer of Wars of
Others, an HBO Latino documentary film about the consequences of the
U.S. War on Drugs on Colombian farmers and the founder of CoInspire,
an interview series about entrepreneurship in partnership with Rokk3r
Labs. She has worked as a host and contributor at various VICE
platforms in English and Spanish. Previously, she worked as a national
news correspondent for NBC News's The Today Show, Nightly News with
Brian Williams and MSNBC. She is a TEDx speaker and contributing
columnist for Huffington Post writing both in English and Spanish
about issues concerning the Hispanic community, the War on Drugs and
Human Rights. She servers the advisory council of United Nations
Foundation's Girl Up initiative. She has served as a moderator at the
Oslo Freedom Forum Human Rights conferences since 2016.As an
investigative reporter at ABC 10, Luciano has uncovered patterns of
corruption in family court through an ongoing multipart series. She
has run investigations on sex trafficking, low teacher diversity,
campaign financing, police shootings, including daily coverage of the
shooting of Stephon Clark in 2018. Her HBO documentary film, released
in 2016 uncovers the social, environmental and health impacts of
aerial spraying in Colombia.
investigative journalist, filmmaker and public speaker. She is
currently a freelance correspondent at CBS News based in Los Angeles.
Before moving to Los Angeles, she worked as the investigative reporter
at ABC 10 in Sacramento and was the chief investigative correspondent
on Discovery Channel's Border Live.In 2019, she was awarded a Walter
Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism as a special commendation
for enterprise for her four-part documentary series, Puerto Rico
Rises, which she directed and produced for ABC Sacramento, a TEGNA
station. She has also won five Regional Emmy Awards. In 2018 her
coverage of the Northern California Wildfires of 2018 received a
regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Continuous Coverage. Luciano has
won four Regional Emmy Awards. In 2019, she won the Emmy for her
special TEGNA series "Crisis at the Border," and for her team's
coverage of the Northern California Wildfires. In 2018, she won for
California Wildfires coverage and for her documentary Puerto Rico
Rises. In 2013, Luciano was also awarded GLAAD's Outstanding Digital
Journalism Article media award for her coverage of homophobia in U.S.
Hispanic media.Luciano is the investigative reporter at ABC 10 in
Sacramento, California. She is the director and producer of Wars of
Others, an HBO Latino documentary film about the consequences of the
U.S. War on Drugs on Colombian farmers and the founder of CoInspire,
an interview series about entrepreneurship in partnership with Rokk3r
Labs. She has worked as a host and contributor at various VICE
platforms in English and Spanish. Previously, she worked as a national
news correspondent for NBC News's The Today Show, Nightly News with
Brian Williams and MSNBC. She is a TEDx speaker and contributing
columnist for Huffington Post writing both in English and Spanish
about issues concerning the Hispanic community, the War on Drugs and
Human Rights. She servers the advisory council of United Nations
Foundation's Girl Up initiative. She has served as a moderator at the
Oslo Freedom Forum Human Rights conferences since 2016.As an
investigative reporter at ABC 10, Luciano has uncovered patterns of
corruption in family court through an ongoing multipart series. She
has run investigations on sex trafficking, low teacher diversity,
campaign financing, police shootings, including daily coverage of the
shooting of Stephon Clark in 2018. Her HBO documentary film, released
in 2016 uncovers the social, environmental and health impacts of
aerial spraying in Colombia.
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