Elwyn Lopez - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

Elwyn Lopez, native of Madrid, Spain, is an international journalist based at CNN's World Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. She oversaw CNN's news coverage of El Chapo's escape and recapture in Mexico, and field produced some of the most highlighted U.S. news events of this year such as the Baltimore riots after Freddie Gray's death, the mass church shooting in Charleston, and the fatal floods across Texas. Lopez also covered the marathon bombing in Boston, the Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut and the Aurora theater shooting in Colorado while based in Atlanta. Lopez graduated with honors from the Meek School of Journalism in Oxford. While studying journalism, she attended the Institut Supérior du Commerce in Paris, France where she filmed a documentary on tourism and the negative effects on permanent citizens. She is also the co-president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in Atlanta, and served as president for the Society of Professional Journalists at the University of Mississippi. She is fluent in English, Spanish and French and speaks basic Portuguese.

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Total articles 542

• Joran van der Sloot, suspect in Natalee Holloway case, pleads not guilty to extortion, wire fraud charges

  By Emily Shapiro Verified, Elwyn Lopez Verified| KWLM-AM (Willmar, MN) Verified (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) -- Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, appeared in court in Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday, pleading not guilty to federal extortion and wire fraud charges. Holloway's mom, Beth Holloway, looked on as van der Sloot, who is accused of trying to extort her, walked into the courtroom.

  By Emily Shapiro Verified, Elwyn Lopez Verified · KWLM-AM (Willmar, MN)

  Jun. 09, 2023

• President: Nine die in 'terrorist' bomb blast in Colombia

  By Elwyn Lopez Verified| CNN Verified Story highlights NEW: President calls the bombing a "terrorist" attack, offers 30 million peso award NEW: "We have to continue to be on the offensive," President Santos says Explosive cylinders were camouflaged by food inside a vehicle, a police official says Victims included 5 soldiers, a police officer and three civilians CNN — At least nine people – five soldiers, a police officer and three civilians – died Saturday in what Colombia’s president called a “terrorist” attack carried out by a...

  By Elwyn Lopez Verified · CNN

  Oct. 27, 2022

• Rise in COVID-19 cases across US

  By Elwyn Lopez Verified| Polk County Pulse Verified ATLANTA - Coronavirus cases have been rising across the U.S. for the past six weeks with more than 100,000 new daily cases reported. Nearly half of residents are living in a county with high or medium COVID-19 risk level. Hospitalizations for those 17 years old and under are up more than 16%. This as children across the country roll up their sleeves once again with boosters green lighted for ages 5 to 11.

  By Elwyn Lopez Verified · Polk County Pulse

  May. 22, 2022

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