Antonio Castelan

Edward R. Murrow-winning journalist Antonio Castelan is a general assignment reporter for NBC4 Los Angeles. He joined the station in September 2011.

Prior to joining NBC4, Castelan was a reporter for the CW Affiliate San Diego 6 (XETV), where he had worked since October, 2007.
 
Prior to that, Castelan was a senior investigative reporter and anchor for KRGV-TV, the ABC affiliate station in Brownsville, Texas.   During his tenure there, he won a prestigious National Edward R. Murrow Award in 2007 for his coverage of U.S./Mexico border issues that included interviews, conducted in Spanish, with two members of a drug cartel known as the “Zetas”.
 
Castelan began his career in television news as a photographer/live truck operator at KRGV-TV. He then moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado where he was a video journalist for KOAA-TV and, in 2001, landed a job as a senior reporter at Time Warner Cable’s News 8 Austin in Austin, Texas where he would earn an Associated Press Award for Breaking News and a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Series. In 2009, Castelan was part of a team at San Diego 6 News that won a local area Emmy Award for Best Newscast.
 
During his career, Castelan has covered many national stories, including the Texas A&M bonfire collapse, the 2000 Republican and Democratic National Conventions, Hurricane Katrina, and several other natural disasters.
 
Castelan was born in Chicago, but grew up in Brownsville, Texas. He holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. In his spare time, Castelan mentors students in underserved communities. He also enjoys running in marathons.