Meet our Emcee

Vanessa Medina is an Emmy award-winning journalist. The Miami native joined 7 NEWS in January 2007, as a general assignment reporter. She spent two years at WKMG, the CBS affiliate in Orlando as a reporter / fill-in anchor. Vanessa began her career in television at WSVN as an associate producer in the late nineties and is a graduate of Florida International University. She also worked as a reporter in Chicago and WSBT-TV in Sound Bend, Indiana. Vanessa is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling on her time off, and using her God-given talents for social causes that her close to her heart.