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Carmen Jovet
Journalist,
Commentator of the News and Producer Date of birth: 9 of June Place: Mayagüez,
Puerto Rico
Well-known like "The News Lady", Carmen Jovet was
distinguished from its childhood by its undeniable dynamism. Immersed in the
extracurricular activities, the girl pleased to participate in different
groups and companies from theater. She was in them, indeed, in where their
qualities like signaller began to be developed. To the six years she already
offered speeches and to the 12 it was all a oradora. Like so, she participated
in trips by Latin America giving speeches on our nation. Of this form one went
forging in her the security that as much characterizes it. After finishing the
school superior she entered to the University of Puerto Rico at the age of 14
years. The young person received a scholarship of the institution, belonged to
the list of honor of the president and in addition she managed to work while
she studied. After to have completed, in three years, its baccalaureate in
political sciences, began to work in WIPR (channel 6), in where first animated
to the program "Club Six", that consisted of a panel of young students, and
later worked in "Factory of Art". In this one, Carmen Jovet, entrevistó to
artists and politicians in its places of work. Her first interview made to the
famous producer of cinema and theater Elia Kazan. Another facet of its office
was to do documentary and to be in charge of the tasks related to the art.
In 1968, Leopoldo Santiago Launderer, enchanted
with the work of Carmen, it decides to invite it so that it participates in
hearing that was being made for the election of a new member of the work group
of "World-wide Panorama", reporter who of equal way spread by channel 6. Jovet
passed the test and thus anchor of the Puerto Rican television became the
first reporter. In this reporter also it toiled in the section of arts and
sciences, and even fungió like informer of the conditions of the time. In
later date the young mayagüezana got to incursionar like actress in
melodramas. But being its fort the televising media the Carmen producer Rush
recruited it to be part of "the 11 in the news", noticiario of channel 11
where Jovet became the first woman anchor of the television in Puerto Rico.
From 1975 one evolved like independent producer of his own journalistic
investigations. This way Producing National arose his company from called
production. Between the works that were made by this company/signature they
find the interview to which outside president of Venezuela, Mr. Carlos Andrés
Perez, the tribute directed to Don Arturo Somohano, news articles related to
the case of the Hill Wonder and the arrest of the actress Lydia Echevarría.
Once again she returns to the field of
the animation, to which it had incursionado in its beginnings, with the program
"Saturday in Great", which it was transmitted by Wapa-TV, channel four. Later,
it returns to the journalistic scope with "Carmen controversial Jovet",
production that was transmitted by channel 2. The space allowed the journalist
to investigate and simultaneously to obtain the reaction of the public. The
program was transmitted to the 9:00 a.m. and broke record of hearings. On such
reason the executives of the channel decided to produce a nocturnal special
edition. Also by the same teledifusora the untiring signaller directed the
program of interviews "Jovet in family". Time later "Controversial" was begun to
transmit by channel 7. Soon this television station was united to channel 11 in
where the journalist it was until it overcame his contract. In 1987 the governor
Rafael Hernandez Columbus named protocolic coordinator for the visit of the King
and Reina of Spain. Five years later one evolved like director of communications
of the commission for the celebration of the Fifth Centenary of Encuentro of Two
Worlds. Years later he returns to toil in Wapa-TV as presenter of the programs "Now
we can speak" and a modern version of its "Controversial" takes place again. In
the reporter of this channel the opinion of Carmen Jovet even had a titled
section "" in where it offered publishing commentaries on the excellent events
of world-wide occurring.
Between the multiple recognitions that have
received during their long one and productive race is, among others, the
election like Lady Televisio'n by the Superior Council of the Art, was the
first Hispanic woman in receiving a Honoris Doctorate Cause in Criminal
Justice given by John Jay College of Criminal Justice of New York, in 1996
receives from the Dominican town and its ex-president, Joaquin Balaguer, the
medal of the Order of Duarte Horseman, Sanchez and Mella becoming the fifth
Puerto Rican to whom they grant such distinction to him; it receives from the
Meeting of the Institute of Culture of Puerto Rico the prize Jose de Diego by
the good use of the Spanish language; also the Association of Broadcasters
grants a prize to him and the Government has distinguished it by his work like
journalist and its years on watch in mass media. At the moment this
enterprising woman stays activates in one of the channels of greater hearing
of the country with her program "Now we can speak", transmitted by the
Telemundo chain, and in addition continuous toiling in the radio.
Enrique Feliciano Díaz
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