Samir Saba
{{short description|Dominican Journalist}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|05|16}}
| birth_place = Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
| nationality = Dominican
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| occupation = Journalist, television producer and presenter
| years_active = 1997–present
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| television = CDN 37, Teleantillas, CERTV, Famosos Inside, Enfoque Final, Más que noticias
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| website = https://samirsaba.com
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Samir Saba (born May 16, 1981), is a Dominican journalist and television producer and presenter. He is one of the presenters of the morning show “El Mangú de la Mañana”, broadcast on RTVD (Radio Televisión Dominicana). Until february of 2022, was the producer of the TV program Famosos Inside and presenter of the entertainment segments of the TV news programs Más que noticias and Enfoque Final, broadcast on CDN 37.{{Cite news|date=October 2, 2015|title=Famosos Inside on CDN|url=https://cdn.com.do/temas/famosos-inside/}}{{Cite news|date=July 1, 2007|title=Samir Saba inicia mañana su programa por La Nota|work=Listin Diario News|url=https://listindiario.com/entretenimiento/2007/07/01/18799/samir-saba-inicia-manana-su-programa-por-la-nota}}{{Cite news|date=June 28, 2007|title=Periodista Samir Saba regresa a la radio|work=Diario Digital RD|url=https://diariodigital.com.do/2007/06/28/periodista-samir-saba-regresa-a-la-radio.html}}{{Cite news|date=July 2, 2007|title=Samir Saba regresa a la radio a partir de este lunes|work=Diario Libre News|url=https://www.diariolibre.com/revista/samir-saba-regresa-a-la-radio-a-partir-de-este-lunes-HNDL141024}}{{Cite news|date=February 14, 2010|title=Samir Saba, Grisbel Medina y Robert Sánchez serán homenajeados|work=El Periodico News.|url=https://www.elperiodico.com.do/2010/02/14/jose-francisco-arias-samir-saba-grisbel-medina-y-robert-sanchez-seran-homenajeados/}}
Early life
Saba was born May 16, 1981, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, into a family of Lebanese descent. He studied primary and secondary school in the Santa Clara school of Santo Domingo and studied communication at the Santo Domingo Catholic University.
Career
He started his professional career as a television presenter in 1997 in the TV program El país que queremos aired on CERTV channel 4, sponsored by UNICEF, for social change and action in the Dominican Republic. In 1998 he started working for the magazines Listin 2000, Evasión and Listeen , part of the Dominican newspaper Listín Diario. In 2000 Saba started working as a host in the radio show Milenium Site broadcast on Milenium 103.3FM.
Saba started working as a columnist for the renowned El Caribe newspaper in 2001 for the entertainment section{{Cite news|title=Samir Saba Articles on El Caribe Newspaper|work=El Caribe News|url=https://www.elcaribe.com.do/autor/samirsaba/}} and in 2005 returned to the TV as a reporter for the TV program De calle con Dafne{{Cite web|date=June 23, 2011|title=Dafne Guzmán con nuevos proyectos en "De Calle con Dafne"|url=https://idominicanas.com/dafne-guzman-con-nuevos-proyectos-en-de/}}{{Cite news|title=Comunicador Samir Saba en De calle con Dafne|work=Hoy News|url=https://hoy.com.do/bambalinas-323/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=027528bfa0f8950bd51f09438af90767db7fd6a2-1591576486-0-ASqbLXTLqNGt99kz-DEf1p5PFuNCtNJYOfxBiTk0k0suu2nGLJKgP7Xto14Uv4A8l8JCJb2qIrkbuKHOS7kMmLNT1ntLdAlFnMDv9BIPSi_23Yga2tFVk5WRn-ftVxafzrx8JBgb9px3AEbmWkhfCVoHwhafQn2mwFa8NZq8QfJ_C39qGWt29ZERa-Mw6rFdVZPgoWN3_CFtTQelqH-ov1pQTYQPv02fU1Zv5lNKJWfTjQMf93jBqbKuKdMbsmMX2nYV4SvqkCCUKe3r_MAXovPFf72ekTbe07Q4MrTIJ1id}}{{Cite web|title=Samir Saba's IMDb profile|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9210055/?ref_=tt_cl_t5|website=IMDb}} broadcast on Teleantillas channel 2 and later continued as the presenter for the TV program Esquina 37 aired on CDN 37, which was the start of a career as a TV producer and presenter with the commercial broadcasting company.
He had his own radio show, “Otra nota con Samir Saba” in La Nota Diferente radio station.
Was the director of “Messenger Mag” magazine and the chief editor of “Acrópolis Magazine”.
He was the secretary of public relations for the Dominican Association of Art Critics (ACROARTE) from 2012 to 2014 and Secretary of International Relations from 2017 to 2019 and has remained an active member in the organization. Also was the Secretary of Finances from 2021 to 2023. {{Cite news|date=August 1, 2017|title=Proponen la unión de Acroarte y asegura no se quedará en promesas|work=Metro RD news|url=https://www.metrord.do/do/entretencion/2017/08/01/emelyn-baldera-propone-la-union-acroarte-asegura-no-se-quedara-promesas.html}}
Samir Saba has been nominated for the
In 2019, the entertainment TV program Famosos Inside was awarded
And Saba won the “Primero de agosto award” in 2020 as “the best presenter of a show business TV program”.
Saba is the Public Relations executive of Consejo Nacional para la Niñez y Adolescencia (Conani).
Collaborates as a journalist for “Showbuzz” magazine.
References
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External links
- [https://samirsaba.com Official Website]
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Category:Dominican Republic journalists
Category:People from Santo Domingo