Juliana Valencia is an Emmy-winning reporter in two languages for News4 and Telemundo 44. She’s part of the New4 Today team and a regular fill-in anchor.
Since Valencia joined News4 in October 2019, she’s reported on historic moments such as the Jan. 6 insurrection, Supreme Court rulings and the funeral proceedings of Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor.
Working early mornings, she was one of the first journalists on the scene of the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, providing coverage the entire week.
Before moving to D.C., Valencia was a weekday anchor in Louisville at WHAS11, where she launched the only weekday Spanish webcast in the region. Valencia also worked as a reporter and anchor in Paducah, Kentucky. She also had her share of one-man-band experiences in New Bern, North Carolina. She began her career as an intern at CNN in Atlanta and is a proud graduate of the University of Florida, where she swam on the club swim and dive team.
Valencia is accustomed to moving to new places. As a child, she moved six times, spending most of her time in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Nashville, Tennessee, where her parents still reside.
Her parents, immigrants from Colombia, raised their only child in a Spanish-speaking home. Valencia now lives in Dupont Circle with Wilson, her dog from college.
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Magruder High School students found with BB gun, knife
The 15-year-old student with a BB gun was “not cooperative” and got into a physical altercation with a school security officer, police said.
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Prince George's Co. families at their wits' end as school bus issues continue
Three days into the school year, some parents are still waiting in two hours of traffic to get their kids to school. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
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A Maryland teacher had a heart attack at school. His coworkers leapt into action
Eight employees at Sherwood High School leaned into prior emergency training to help save a fellow teacher.
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Teachers save colleague's life during heart attack in Maryland
Six teachers and two staff members sprang into action with CPR and an AED, using their prior training. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
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Diplo to headline Glow Block Party on one of DC's most iconic streets
Diplo, Westend, Anabel Englund, D.C.’s own Ratalina and Monty Kiddo will perform at the Club Glow block party on Oct. 3.
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13-year-old was driving stolen Kia in Germantown crash that killed father of 5
William Vance Payne II was about 10 minutes from his job at the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) when he was hit and killed by a carful of children as young as 12. He was a father of five.
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Man dead, 7 kids packed into stolen car hurt in Germantown crash
The violent crash occurred at Clopper Road and Great Seneca Highway. Police had received a report of someone driving erratically in the area.
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Missing boy with autism rescued from river by St. Mary's County deputy
The missing child’s parents told the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office that their 9-year-old child is autistic and nonverbal.
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Relisha Rudd's disappearance reexamined in new TikTok miniseries
The story of the disappearance of Relisha Rudd is reaching a new audience. The girl who disappeared in Washington D.C. in 2014 at 8 years old is the subject of a social media campaign by the Black and Missing Foundation. Natalie Wilson and Dericca Wilson, the founders of Black and Missing, told News4 the goal behind their recent push. “Were…
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What you need to know about getting around DC on a scorching Fourth
News4’s Juliana Valencia shares where you should enter depending on whether you’re heading to the Great American State Fair or the Salute to America.
