Meet Azalea Iñiguez

Azalea Iñiguez is an Investigative Reporter for Telemundo 52 Responde, the station’s consumer investigative unit. Iñiguez’s reports can be seen on Noticiero Telemundo 52 Monday through Friday at 5 a.m., noon, 5 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6 p.m. , and 11 p.m.  Telemundo 52 is Telemundo’s West Coast Flagship television station, delivering nearly 30 hours of local news to audiences in Southern California including breaking news coverage, up-to-the-minute weather forecasts, and entertainment.

With three decades of experience in journalism, Iñiguez has received four Golden Mike Awards for her reporting on domestic violence and two Emmy Awards for anchoring and reporting on issues affecting the Hispanic community. In 2017, she was recognized by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the series “Esperanza de un Hogar” (“Hope for a Home”), which highlighted the stories of children in Los Angeles County awaiting adoption. In 2019, she was recognized by the City of Los Angeles for her community service through her reporting and by the National Hispanic Media Coalition for her journalism career and dedication to the Hispanic community.

Iñiguez began her journalism career as co-anchor of Telemundo 6’s 10 p.m. newscast in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 1996, she served as a news anchor for Telemundo 33 in Tijuana, Mexico, and in 1997 joined Telemundo 52 Los Angeles as a news anchor for the station’s first morning newscast, “Buenos Días,” a position she held for nearly eight years.

Today, Iñiguez leads Telemundo 52 Responde, the station’s first investigative and consumer protection journalism unit, which launched in 2014, and provides Spanish-speaking consumers with a direct opportunity to bring attention to problems affecting the community while connecting them with resources and information to help resolve those issues.

Iñiguez earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente in Guadalajara, Jalisco. She serves as a station spokesperson for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, helping raise breast cancer awareness.