Lulu Gomez, a Mexican TV correspondent and performer in New York.

What do we have to learn from international journalists and reporters who offer a wide and rich opinion?

One of the most trusted recipients on Latin television, representative of the most important voices in Mexico in the Big Apple, tells us about her experience as a journalist and reporter and a little more about her daily life as a performer and a mother.

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"If you really wanna make it through in this business; you just have to be yourself.”

Let's start by considering that all television reporters have their own style and vision of the facts they will be presenting to their audience; from real facts to facts they have no idea about.

But what is the right ingredient that makes you an impartial reporter? a good writer? a trusted correspondent? a renowned journalist? Well, new experiences with fresh media personalities, I will present you the facts that makes them leaders in their field.

5 QUESTIONS TO LULU - THE CORRESPONDENT

1. WHAT IS THE MAIN INGREDIENT THAT YOU THINK THAT DIFFERENTIATE YOU FROM OTHERS?

I am concise when I tell stories, I think I have a fresh style and I really like to be in the place of the facts, so that people can see what I am telling them. I think I am very responsible with my work, because bad information is very delicate in these times we live in. I am very human when I say things, because we are surrounded by a lot of news, and there are countless families who are already suffering and it is not ethical to distort information in a cruel way, it is about being as humane as possible. It's not just telling a story, it's telling a story that we can all identify with. I don't like to analyze things too much, to ask myself why or what for, because I like to tell what is and what I see. I feel that insecurities are created if you ask too many questions and it is better to flow in telling, and trust. To challenge oneself to go places and be in constant movement.

2. YOU DON'T USUALLY GIVE YOUR OPINION ON POLITICS, WHY NOT VENTURE INTO THAT FIELD AS A COMMUNICOLOGIST?

I really like to enjoy my work, I like to feel interested in the subject I am going to report on. I have never been a political person, so it is not my style of communication, I think there are many opinions about politics. I relate more to those stories where facts are always included. In politics one tends to give one's personal opinion; however, I think I am a versatile communicator and I adapt to the times and where politics are important, and nowadays, these times are crucial to talk about it.

3. HOW HAS THE SENSITIVITY OF BEING A MOTHER INFLUENCED YOUR VISION ON ANY TOPIC?

I am a much more alert person, I am much more sensitive to any issue, not only related to motherhood. I have more empathy with citizens, these are personal things for any mother, we understand other women. I organize my time and my ideas better; time management is essential for any communicologist. Times are restricted, tight, so an essential organization is important.

We want to do a better job for society and ourselves, so that our children have a positive example to follow.

4. HOW DO YOU INTIMATELY EXPERIENCE ART IN GENERAL?

I believe art recreates something that already exists, it exists from ancestral times, at the moment of making art, we recreate with an aesthetic purpose, both dance and communication, as well as acting. Based on some feeling, experience, as in dance, you communicate with your body, without the need to speak, without words, in communication we make art with our texts, all the arts go hand in hand. Art sensitizes the world in general and if we all take an art class at least once in our lives, the world would be different, it sensitizes the human being.

5. WHAT WAS THAT ONE TIME YOU HAD TO IMPROVISE IN A LIVE COVERING OR INTERVIEW?

I was covering live news about the protests concerning George Floyd, suddenly the crowd became violent, I was in selfie mode and suddenly I was violently pushed from aside; but, you must continue. I had to improvise with the scare on top, during the riot where cars were kicked, people were beaten, businesses were looted, it was chaos.

Thanks to Lulu Gomez for the incredible opportunity to share your story. My space is your space, my space is your voice. Peace.