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CNN
Major TV network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner; owned by Time Warner
Ed Lavandera is a correspondent for CNN based in the Dallas bureau. Since joining CNN in 2001, Lavandera has covered numerous key stories for the network. Before joining CNN, Lavandera was a correspondent with WFAA-TV in Dallas. Earlier, Lavandera was a news reporter at KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas. He also worked as a news anchor and reporter at KOSA-TV in Midland/Odessa, Texas. Lavandera earned a Katie Award from the Dallas Press Club and an Emmy nomination for his work on a Hispanic news magazine program at WFAA-TV. Lavandera earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and is fluent in Spanish.