Maria Elena Salinas
| Maria Elena Salinas | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Role: | News anchor and jounalist |
| Location: | Miami, Fla. |
| Education: | • East Los Angeles Community College • University of California, Los Angeles[1] |
Maria Elena Salinas is a Spanish-language news anchor and journalist. She was previously a co-anchor of Univision's nightly newscast, Noticiero Univision, and the network's news magazine, Aquí y Ahora. According to Univision, Salinas is the "most recognized Hispanic journalist in the United States."[2]
Salinas moderated the eighth Democratic presidential primary debate on March 9, 2016, in Miami, Florida, along with Karen Tumulty and Jorge Ramos. The debate was sponsored by Univision and The Washington Post.[3]
Career
Salinas was born in 1954 to Mexican immigrant parents in Los Angeles, California. She began her career in journalism in 1981 as a reporter for the Spanish-language television station KMEX-34 in Los Angeles. Her comprehensive coverage of the Hispanic community in Southern California led her to become a co-anchor of Noticiero Univision, Univision's nightly news program, in 1987.[2][4]
According to The New York Times, Salinas is "the voice of Hispanic America." She has interviewed heads of state and national leaders around the world, including every president of the United States since Jimmy Carter. In 2007, Salinas co-hosted the first Spanish-language presidential forums for Democratic and Republican candidates on Univision.[2][4]
In addition to her role as a broadcast journalist, Salinas is also a radio commentator and a syndicated columnist. Her writing appears in Spanish and English in more than 55 newspapers across the United States. Her memoir, I Am My Father’s Daughter: Living A Life Without Secrets, was published in 2006.[1]
Salinas is a founding member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. She serves on the board of directors of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and the International Women’s Media Foundation.[5]
2016 presidential election
March 9, 2016, Democratic debate
In November 2015, the Democratic National Committee announced that Univision and The Washington Post would host the eighth and final Democratic presidential primary debate on March 9, 2016. The debate was moderated by Salinas along with fellow Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos and Karen Tumulty of The Washington Post. The debate took place in Miami, Florida, at Miami Dade College’s Kendall Campus. Univision televised the debate live in Spanish.[6][3]
Awards
In addition to one regional and four national Emmy Awards, Salinas has received the following awards for leadership and journalistic excellence:[7]
- Eagle Leadership Award, Latino Leaders Network (2015)[8]
- Peabody Award, National Association of Broadcasters (2015)[9]
- Golden Mike Broadcast Legend Award, Radio and Television News Association of Southern California (2015)[9]
- Walter Cronkite Award for National Investigative Journalism, The Norman Lear Center (2015)[10]
- Gracies Award for Outstanding Anchor, Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (2013)[11]
- Outstanding Achievement Award in Hispanic Television, Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable magazines (2013)[9]
- Lifetime Achievement Award, The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (2012)[12]
- Intrepid Award, National Organization for Women (2006)[13]
- Edward R. Murrow Award, Radio Television Digital News Association (1996)[8]
Media
Noteworthy events
University of California Fullerton commencement speech
Salinas was briefly heckled at a commencement speech at the University of California Fullerton on May 22, 2016, after addressing some parents of graduates in Spanish and making what the student paper called “blatantly anti-Trump” statements in her address. A student speaking to the Los Angeles Times said Salinas' remarks were practical, noting, "She didn’t say you should or should not vote for Donald Trump. She was saying to do your job as a journalist."[14] Salinas later remarked to The Washington Post, “I don’t think I insulted anyone by saying a few words in Spanish to the parents. The whole speech was directed to everyone. … I think the message is, we have to cool down the intolerance right now, we really do.”[15][16]
Recent news
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See also
- Jorge Ramos
- Univision
- Presidential debates (2015-2016)
- Univision Miami Democratic debate (March 9, 2016)
External links
- Maria Elena Salinas' homepage
- Maria Elena Salinas on Facebook
- Maria Elena Salinas on Twitter
- Maria Elena Salinas on LinkedIn
- Univision homepage
- Univision on Facebook
- Univision on Twitter
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists homepage
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Paley Center for Media, "Maria Elena Salinas," accessed March 8, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Univision, "María Elena Salinas, su biografía," June 7, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Washington Post, "Credentialing information now available for The Washington Post and Univision News DNC-Sanctioned Debate in Miami, Florida," March 2, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Moyers and Company, "María Elena Salinas," accessed March 8, 2016
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Maria Elena Salinas," accessed March 8, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Univision/Washington Post Democratic debate to be held March 9," November 2, 2015
- ↑ Univision, "Univision’s award-winning journalists Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences," October 2, 2012
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Capital Wire PR, "Latino Leaders Network honors Maria Elena Salinas, Univision co-anchor," September 8, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Univision, "Univision News and Maria Elena Salinas Receive Prestigious Peabody Award for Hard-Hitting Special 'Entre El Abandono y El Rechazo' (Between Abandonment and Rejection)," April 23, 2015
- ↑ Media Moves, "Univision documentary wins Walter Cronkite Award," March 13, 2015
- ↑ The Gracies, "2013 Gracie Award Winners," accessed March 8, 2016
- ↑ The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, "The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to honor Univision's Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards," June 28, 2012
- ↑ HispanicAd.com, "María Elena Salinas honored with 2006 Intrepid Award," August 12, 2006
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Univision anchor criticized for speaking Spanish and discussing Trump in Cal State Fullerton address," May 25, 2016
- ↑ The Washington Post, "‘Get off the stage!’ Crowd yells at commencement speaker after she uses Spanish, mentions Trump," May 24, 2016
- ↑ OC Weekly, "Univision's María Elena Salinas Gets Booed at Cal State Fullerton Grad Speech," May 23, 2016
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