Jessica Aguirre: News Anchor

    News anchor, keynote speaker, and Emmy award-winning journalist Jessica Aguirre delivers powerful storytelling, leadership insights, and conversations on equity, resilience, and community impact.

    Jessica Aguirre - Image 01 (April 14, 2026)

    Quick Facts:

      • Evening news anchor at NBC Bay Area for 20+ years
      • Emmy award-winning journalist with multiple honors
      • Co-host of Race in America: The Conversation
      • Silver Circle inductee, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
    • Formats:
    • Keynote speaker, event host, moderator, journalist
    • Audiences:
    • Corporate organizations, conferences, educational institutions, and community groups seeking powerful storytelling, insights on leadership, and conversations around equity and social impact.
    • Outcomes:
      1. Inspire audiences through authentic storytelling and real-world experiences
      2. Foster meaningful conversations around equity, leadership, and community impact
      3. Strengthen communication, empathy, and awareness across diverse audiences
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    • Travels from: San Francisco, CA
    • **US Fee range: On Request

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    Talent Short Bio

    Jessica Aguirre is an Emmy award-winning journalist and longtime evening news anchor at NBC Bay Area, where she has been a trusted voice in primetime broadcasting for over two decades. Anchoring the 5, 6, and 11 p.m. newscasts, Jessica is known for her compelling storytelling, journalistic integrity, and deep connection to the communities she serves.

    In addition to her anchoring role, Jessica co-hosts Race in America: The Conversation, a program focused on racial equity and social justice, where she facilitates meaningful dialogue across generations and backgrounds. Her work reflects a commitment to elevating important societal issues and fostering understanding through thoughtful conversation.

    Jessica began her career at Univision while attending the University of Miami and went on to report and anchor in both Miami and Los Angeles. Throughout her career, she has earned multiple Emmy Awards and an Associated Press award for impactful reporting, including coverage of migrant children, investigative work on child safety, and stories highlighting underrepresented communities.

    Jessica Aguirre is the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. evening anchor at NBC Bay Area News and an Emmy award winning journalist.  Jessica has been a primetime, evening anchor, in the Bay Area for over 20 years.

    In addition to anchoring the evening news, Jessica is the co-host of NBC Bay Area’s Race in America: The Conversation alongside Marcus Washington. The show explores racial equity and social injustice and attempts to bridge the divide between backgrounds and generations.

    Jessica began her career at the Spanish Language network, Univision, while attending the University of Miami. Before arriving in the Bay Area in 1998 she anchored and reported in Los Angeles and Miami, earning Emmy awards for her series on the struggles of migrant children and for her investigative work on child molesters as well as an Associated Press award for her series chronicling the struggle of boat people fleeing Cuba.

    During her tenure at NBC Bay Area Jessica won an Emmy for her poignant series, on the emotional journey of an East Bay transgender teen and her efforts to preserve her fertility before undergoing sex reassignment surgery, another Emmy for her live coverage of the “Ghostship” warehouse fire in Oakland and for field anchoring from the deadly Sonoma and Napa county firestorms.

    Most recently Jessica Aguirre was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Silver Circle for twenty-five years of excellence in television journalism.

    Jessica resides in the East Bay, with her two daughters. Her devotion to learning, supporting children and local charities has her routinely on the lecture circuit in the Bay Area discussing education, gender equity and minority advancement in the workplace.

    Jessica Aguirre also serves on the board of Watermark, the Bay Area’s largest membership organization dedicated to increasing the number of women in leadership positions.

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