Carlos Granda

Carlos Granda is an Emmy award winning reporter working at ABC7 "Eyewitness News" in Los Angeles.

Granda began his career at WINK-TV, the CBS affiliate in Fort Myers, Florida. He started out as an associate producer writing scripts. Soon he was promoted to weekend reporter and then to full-time reporter.

In 1985 Granda was hired by WLTV-TV the Univision station in Miami. Here he worked as a reporter and fill-in anchor. While at the station he traveled extensively covering Queen Elizabeth's visit to the Bahamas, the Statue of Liberty Centennial in New York, and the crash of a Delta plane in Dallas.

In 1987 Carlos moved to WPLG-TV, the ABC-TV affiliate in Miami. There he covered Central American issues. He went to Panama during the overthrow of General Manuel Noriega and visited Cuba for a series on the Guantanamo Naval base.

Granda moved to the number one market, New York in 1990 when he was hired by WABC-TV the ABC owned station. Here he was a fill-in anchor for "Eyewitness News this Morning". He was the first reporter on scene and on the air during the World Trade Center bombing. He also covered Hurricane Andrew as it hit Miami and New Orleans.

In 1993 Granda was hired by WNBC-TV in New York to be its New Jersey correspondent. He was responsible for covering all issues in Northern New Jersey.

Granda returned to Miami in 1995 where he became an anchor at WFOR-TV the CBS affiliate. Here he covered several hurricanes as they hit Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

At ABC7, Carlos has covered some of the biggest stories in Southern California. Carlos has reported on the 2000 Democratic and Republican Conventions, Election Day in Austin Texas, Elian Gonzalez's deportation and The World Trade Center Attack, and several stories about the Al Qaeda prisoners at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba.

Carlos holds a Bachelors degree in Mass Communications and Broadcast Journalism from the University of South Florida. He became interested in journalism after watching Walter Cronkite on the news. When he was a child, Carlos was impressed by how articulate and poised Walter Cronkite was.

Granda has been nominated for five Emmy awards and won an Emmy for his series on the homeless called "My Home is the Street".