Elwood was born in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico on May 31, 1960. He completed elementary, intermediate, and high school studies in the public education system. In 1978, he began accounting studies at the then Regional College of Humacao. Nevertheless, Elwood discovered a passion and devotedness for communications, therefore transferring to the Río Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico in 1981. In 1984, he graduated magna cum laude in Communication Arts with a concentration in Radio, Television, and Cinema at the Communications School of the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras. That same year he began working at Wapa Television as a production assistant on the morning program "Hoy. In July 1986, he moved to Tele-Once to work as a video editor. Three months later, the news department director asked him to fill in for the sports anchor in "Las Noticias" for two weeks. He remained as a sports anchor for 16 years, covering both the noon and evening sections.
In June 2002, Elwood began to work as the anchor reporter for Univisión PR's morning show “Tu Mañana”. Through his career as a sports reporter, he covered the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games in Ponce, and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition, he has interviewed figures such as Michael Jordan, J Balvin, Magic Johnson, and Tito Trinidad, among others. In November 2014, he began working as the host and presenter of the program "En Record" on ABC-5 Puerto Rico. He was also a news presenter for the “Lente Viral” cyber platform. Cruz has received various awards for his work, the Intre, Quijote, Agüeybana, and Paoli Awards, as well as the Overseas Press Club. He mentions sports reporter Luis Rigual as his biggest influence. Elwood is in love with music, nature, sports, his country and its people, and his family. He currently works as a columnist for the daily newspaper “El Nuevo Día”.
Personal life
Cruz is married and has two children: a daughter (born September 9, 1989) and a son (born April 23, 2001).
References
^"Elwood Cruz ya tiene trabajo" (in Spanish). Primerahora.com. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^"Con nuevo trabajo Elwood Cruz". Elnuevodia. October 28, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
^"Elwood Cruz se une ABC5". Metro. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
^Lopez, Rita Portel (October 28, 2014). "Elwood Cruz será anfitrión en nuevo programa para ABC5". Noticel. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
elwood, cruz, puerto, rican, reporter, news, anchor, served, host, talk, show, record, from, puerto, rico, 2020bornmay, 1960las, piedras, puerto, ricoeducationuniversity, puerto, ricooccupation, news, anchor, sports, reporteryears, active1986, presentnotable, . Elwood Cruz is a Puerto Rican reporter and news anchor He served as the host for his talk show En Record from Abc 5 Puerto Rico 1 2 3 4 Elwood CruzElwood Cruz in 2020BornMay 31 1960Las Piedras Puerto RicoEducationUniversity of Puerto RicoOccupation s News anchor sports reporterYears active1986 presentNotable credit s Las NoticiasTu Manana and Tu MediodiaElwood was born in Las Piedras Puerto Rico on May 31 1960 He completed elementary intermediate and high school studies in the public education system In 1978 he began accounting studies at the then Regional College of Humacao Nevertheless Elwood discovered a passion and devotedness for communications therefore transferring to the Rio Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico in 1981 In 1984 he graduated magna cum laude in Communication Arts with a concentration in Radio Television and Cinema at the Communications School of the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras That same year he began working at Wapa Television as a production assistant on the morning program Hoy In July 1986 he moved to Tele Once to work as a video editor Three months later the news department director asked him to fill in for the sports anchor in Las Noticias for two weeks He remained as a sports anchor for 16 years covering both the noon and evening sections In June 2002 Elwood began to work as the anchor reporter for Univision PR s morning show Tu Manana Through his career as a sports reporter he covered the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games in Ponce and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Georgia In addition he has interviewed figures such as Michael Jordan J Balvin Magic Johnson and Tito Trinidad among others In November 2014 he began working as the host and presenter of the program En Record on ABC 5 Puerto Rico He was also a news presenter for the Lente Viral cyber platform Cruz has received various awards for his work the Intre Quijote Agueybana and Paoli Awards as well as the Overseas Press Club He mentions sports reporter Luis Rigual as his biggest influence Elwood is in love with music nature sports his country and its people and his family He currently works as a columnist for the daily newspaper El Nuevo Dia Personal life EditCruz is married and has two children a daughter born September 9 1989 and a son born April 23 2001 References Edit Elwood Cruz ya tiene trabajo in Spanish Primerahora com 28 October 2014 Retrieved 19 October 2017 Con nuevo trabajo Elwood Cruz Elnuevodia October 28 2014 Retrieved October 26 2018 Elwood Cruz se une ABC5 Metro Retrieved October 26 2018 Lopez Rita Portel October 28 2014 Elwood Cruz sera anfitrion en nuevo programa para ABC5 Noticel Retrieved October 26 2018 External links EditElwood Cruz Profile on Univision Puerto Rico https www primerahora com opinion elwood cruz Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elwood Cruz amp oldid 1111589784, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
