RIGO CHACON has distinguished himself and our profession during his 25 years as a San Francisco Bay Area television reporter (KGO) by: becoming the first Hispanic television reporter in the Bay Area; opening the first San Jose bureau of any San Francisco-based TV station; becoming the first person of Mexican decent in U.S. history to win a local Emmy; covering several major international events in Latin America; winning the San Francisco Archdiocese St. Francis Journalism Award for Humanitarian Reporting; founding the “Abrazos and Books” scholarship program; and by consistently maintaining the highest possible broadcast journalistic standards.
