Giselle Fernandez
Giselle Fernandez, Executive Committee, is a six-time Emmy award-winning journalist. Since the start of her career, Giselle has been known for her cutting-edge reporting in hot spots throughout the world and interviewing prominent global and local leaders.
Today, this veteran anchor, two-time winner of the L.A. Press Club’s Journalist of the Year, showcases her talent each morning on Your Morning on Spectrum News 1, helping Southern Californians get all the information they need to start their day, and on the Emmy Award-winning weekly series L.A. Stories with Giselle Fernandez, highlighting people who shape lives and create an impact throughout the community.
Giselle has held many titles throughout her career. Aside from anchor and journalist for NBC, CBS, the History Channel, and History Channel International, she is an author and philanthropist, as well as president, director and producer of her own production and strategic messaging companies.
She is the recipient of numerous honors and awards in the fields of journalism and philanthropy. Out of Giselle’s portfolio as a reporter, a notable moment was the rare interview she did with Fidel Castro. She is also incredibly proud of her documentary film titled, “Our Story,” which raised awareness of the healthcare crisis facing low income children in the Latin community.
When Giselle is not at the anchor desk you can catch her spending time with her daughter, hiking with her dogs, enjoying music and the power of the arts. She is actively engaged in philanthropic pursuits with City Year Los Angeles and The Grammy Museum and is a passionate collector of Latin art.