Mark Rivera ABC7 Reporter, will be the emcee of Negocios Now’s Who’s Who in Hispanic Chicago Gala Event to be held on Friday, July 13th at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
Rivera came back to work in his hometown when he joined the ABC 7 Eyewitness News team as weekend morning news anchor and reporter in December 2017.
Upon his arrival to the station, News Vice President Jennifer Graves described Mark as a “skilled anchor and a versatile reporter adept at covering everything from big breaking news stories, to politics and feature stories.” Rivera grew up in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
The first major live story Rivera covered for ABC 7 Eyewitness News was the funeral and procession of the slain police commander, Paul Bauer in 2018. He anchored ABC 7’s on-air coverage for more than three hours as Commander Bauer was honored by the city and its residents.
Rivera comes to ABC 7 from WTSP-TV in Tampa, Florida, where he served as the station’s weekend morning news anchor and political reporter. While on the anchor desk there, he provided six hours of compelling non-stop coverage of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in nearby Orlando. As the station’s political reporter, he covered Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaign rallies, questioned Vice President Mike Pence about Russian influence and co-moderated a heated congressional debate. In addition to the political beat, Rivera has reported on a wide range of stories from the hurricanes that devastated Florida to a family whose son is a 5-organ transplant survivor.
Prior to WTSP, Rivera worked at WAND-TV in Decatur, Illinois where he anchored a two-hour daily newscast, reported breaking news and wrote, edited and reported a weekly feature piece focused on the local community. While at WAND, Rivera won a regional Associated Press Award. Rivera is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
