Eric Ortega is the Executive Producer of “ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis” and all of ABC News Live’s evening programming, which serves as the primary content engine of ABC News’ fledgling streaming channel. He has served in this role since December 2022 and was part of the team awarded the DuPont-Columbia award for the network’s environmental reporting, including the ABC News Live special hosted by Linsey Davis “The Power of Water.” 

Prior to ABC News, Eric worked as senior producer at VICE News, where he assisted in relaunching “VICE News Tonight.” He also created and served as showrunner for the Webby award winning political series “Breaking the Vote” and the digital show “Field Notes.” In 2021, he won two Emmys for his work: Outstanding Breaking News coverage of the George Floyd protests and Outstanding Newscast for “VICE News Tonight”. Previously, Eric climbed his way up the ladder at NBC News/MSNBC, from NBC Page to line producer. During this time, Eric reported on major news events such as the 2016 presidential election, the 2015 Paris attacks and the Parkland shooting. He also helped launch several daily newscasts including “Ronan Farrow Daily,” “Meet the Press Daily” and “UP with David Gura.” Before news, Eric worked in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, at the 2012 Democratic National Convention as deputy press secretary, and as a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Public Policy Fellow. He is a proud member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.