{"id":40837,"date":"2025-11-18T19:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T00:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=40837"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:42:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:42:29","slug":"former-reporter-sports-editor-wins-rocky-mountain-emmy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/former-reporter-sports-editor-wins-rocky-mountain-emmy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Reporter Sports Editor Wins Rocky Mountain Regional Emmy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jos\u00e9 Tovar, who served as sports editor for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reporter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the 2020-21 academic year, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yumpu.com\/en\/document\/read\/69113855\/48th-annual-rocky-mountain-emmy-awards-program\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received a Rocky Mountain Regional Emmy Award<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Breaking\/Spot News &#8211; Multiple Reports category for \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telemundoutah.com\/noticias\/local\/reportan-presencia-de-agentes-de-ice-en-kearns\/2327669\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redada de ICE: Llamada de Auxilio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 24-year-old, who immigrated from Venezuela to the United States about nine years ago, currently serves as a multimedia journalist at Telemundo Utah. He started at the station in June of 2024 as a producer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am also looking forward to what&#8217;s ahead, especially now in this new role as a multimedia journalist,\u201d Tovar said. \u201cWe only do it to inform people, to communicate and be that beacon of information in the community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tovar was awarded for his coverage of raids conducted by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Utah. He was part of a team that included<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Telemundo Utah <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anchor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jesus-andr%C3%A9s-bastidas-parra-5324b3168\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesus Bastidas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and digital producer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nathalie-avilan-90ab90171\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nathalie Avil\u00e1n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reporter, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tovar started as a sports writer in 2019, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/author\/jose-tovar\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">covering the baseball and volleyball teams.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He was later promoted to sports editor the following year where assigned, wrote and edited stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reporter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> taught me how to be consistent, how to be fair, [and] how to be an ethically rounded journalist,\u201d Tovar said. \u201cThose are lessons that I carry [from] my college experience, and now I&#8217;m carrying through my job experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After earning an associate degree in mass communication\/journalism from Kendall Campus in 2021, Tovar transferred to the University of Florida. 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