Hilda Gutierrez is an investigative journalist with over 13 years of broadcast news experience in top markets; Los Angeles, Chicago, and now the Bay Area. Gutierrez has been recognized with 8 Emmy Awards and an Edward R Murrow. She is currently an investigative reporter with NBC Bay Area's award-winning Investigative Unit. Throughout her career Gutierrez has taken roles in national, international, and local newsrooms as producer, general assignment reporter, correspondent, and news anchor. Most recently Gutierrez served as a news anchor and bilingual investigative reporter for Telemundo Chicago Investiga and NBC 5 Investigates.
Having joined NBC Telemundo in 2017, Gutierrez covered award-winning and data driven investigations on topics like sexual harassment, police misconduct, registered sex offenders living in hotels, and a true crime docu series known as the Massacre of Gage Park. She also reported extensively on the impact of the Covid health crisis on vulnerable communities. Gutierrez covered Pope Francis’ visit to Mexico in 2016 and investigated deputy abuse inside L.A. County Jail that set off a federal investigation and led to the convictions of nearly two dozen sheriff officials in 2011. Gutierrez has also been a guest anchor on Noticias Telemundo’s nightly national news and collaborated as a national correspondent.
Prior to working in Chicago Gutierrez was a news anchor and especial assignment reporter in Los Angeles. Early in her career she was a producer for national newscast 'Cierre de Edicion' with Enrique Gratas and became an international correspondent for the magazine investigative show ‘En la Mira’. Raised in Los Angeles, Gutierrez was recognized as one of the “Most Influential Latinas in L.A.” by Alegria magazine in 2014. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Economics and Spanish Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles-UCLA and a Broadcast Journalism certification from UCLA Extension. In her free time Gutierrez enjoys exploring, hiking, learning about new cultures, and trying new restaurants locally and abroad.
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