Maria Elena Salinas

Broadcasting & Cable: María Elena Salinas
By UCI PR Team
Oct 16, 2017
By: Martha T. Moore

María Elena Salinas is a record-setter. When she wraps up her final Noticiero Univision evening newscast at the end of this year, she will have served as a network anchor for 30 years — far longer than broadcast icons Dan Rather, Walter Cronkite or Peter Jennings, none of whom made it to a quarter-century.
Salinas’ longevity, her personal style and her commitment to Hispanic civic… Show more

Broadcasting & Cable: María Elena Salinas
By UCI PR Team
Oct 16, 2017
By: Martha T. Moore

María Elena Salinas is a record-setter. When she wraps up her final Noticiero Univision evening newscast at the end of this year, she will have served as a network anchor for 30 years — far longer than broadcast icons Dan Rather, Walter Cronkite or Peter Jennings, none of whom made it to a quarter-century.
Salinas’ longevity, her personal style and her commitment to Hispanic civic engagement have made her not only the face of Univision news, but a role model among Latino journalists in Spanish- and English-language media. And her tenure has coincided with huge increase in her potential audience: The U.S. Hispanic population has grown from 14 million in 1986 to 59 million today.
Salinas also hosts Univision’s news magazine show Aquí y Ahora, and she doesn’t just stay on the set. “I can’t stay behind the anchor desk for too long without going out and reporting a story.”

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María Elena Salinas to be Inducted Into NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Award-winning journalist and co-anchor of “Noticiero Univision” María Elena Salinas will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the 2017 NAB Show Television Luncheon on Monday, April 24 in Las Vegas.

Salinas began her journalism career in 1981 as a reporter, anchor and public affairs host at Univision’s KMEX-34 in Los Angeles. In January of 1987… Show more

María Elena Salinas to be Inducted Into NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Award-winning journalist and co-anchor of “Noticiero Univision” María Elena Salinas will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the 2017 NAB Show Television Luncheon on Monday, April 24 in Las Vegas.

Salinas began her journalism career in 1981 as a reporter, anchor and public affairs host at Univision’s KMEX-34 in Los Angeles. In January of 1987 she moved on to the network to anchor Noticiero Univision with co-anchor Jorge Ramos.

In 2015, Salinas received a Peabody Award, Walter Cronkite Award, an Emmy and Gracie for her documentary special "Entre el abandono y el rechazo" (Between Abandonment and Rejection), a prime-time report on the exodus of Central American children to the United States. In 2016, she was the recipient of the Mickey Leland Humanitarian award, and in 2012, she became the first Latina to receive an Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

“María Elena Salinas is an outstanding example of the profound effect broadcast television can have on the audiences it serves,” said NAB Executive Vice President of Television Marcellus Alexander. “María has a deep connection to the needs of the Latino community, and she represents their interests on and off the screen.”

In addition to her journalism career, Salinas has served as the spokeswoman for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) for nearly two decades during their campaign to increase Latino voter engagement. NALEO assists immigrants with the American citizenship process, including registering to vote and participating in politics. For her work with the organization, she has been recognized by National Organization for Women, Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, among others. Show less

On April 23, 2015, Univision News, the prizewinning news division of Univision Communications, Inc. announced that it has been honored with the Peabody Award for its exploration of the dramatic exodus of Central American children to the U.S. in a special titled “Entre el Abandono y el Rechazo” (Between Abandonment and Rejection) led by Univision News anchor, María Elena… Show more

On April 23, 2015, Univision News, the prizewinning news division of Univision Communications, Inc. announced that it has been honored with the Peabody Award for its exploration of the dramatic exodus of Central American children to the U.S. in a special titled “Entre el Abandono y el Rechazo” (Between Abandonment and Rejection) led by Univision News anchor, María Elena Salinas.

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MIAMI, FL – MARCH 11, 2015 –Univision News, the award-winning news division of Univision Communications, Inc. (UCI), today announced that it has been honored by The Norman Lear Center with an Achievement in National Investigative Journalism Walter CronkiteAward for its exploration of the dramatic exodus of Central American children to the U.S. in a special titled “Entre el Abandono y el Rechazo” (Between Abandonment and Rejection) led by Univision News anchor,María Elena Salinas. Judges praised… Show more

MIAMI, FL – MARCH 11, 2015 –Univision News, the award-winning news division of Univision Communications, Inc. (UCI), today announced that it has been honored by The Norman Lear Center with an Achievement in National Investigative Journalism Walter CronkiteAward for its exploration of the dramatic exodus of Central American children to the U.S. in a special titled “Entre el Abandono y el Rechazo” (Between Abandonment and Rejection) led by Univision News anchor,María Elena Salinas. Judges praised the “balanced and revealing” reporting from the point of view not of politicians, but of families in their countries of origin, which brought viewers face-to-face with women and children directly affected. “This kind of story is often left out of the immigration debate,” the judges said, noting that both reporter and camera crew put themselves in harm’s way in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala to get the story. Show less

Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) Honors the Hard-Hitting News Broadcast Helmed by María Elena Salinas in the Outstanding Investigative Program or Feature Category

On March 4, 2015 Univision News, the award-winning news division of Univision Communications, Inc. announced that it has been honored by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) with the Outstanding Investigative Program or Feature Gracies® Award for its exploration of the dramatic exodus of Central… Show more

Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) Honors the Hard-Hitting News Broadcast Helmed by María Elena Salinas in the Outstanding Investigative Program or Feature Category

On March 4, 2015 Univision News, the award-winning news division of Univision Communications, Inc. announced that it has been honored by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) with the Outstanding Investigative Program or Feature Gracies® Award for its exploration of the dramatic exodus of Central American children to the U.S. in a special titled “Entre el Abandono y el Rechazo” (Between Abandonment and Rejection) led by Univision News anchor,María Elena Salinas.

Traveling to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, Salinas interviewed key players in the humanitarian crisis, including presidents, immigration authorities, human rights advocates and crime specialists. She also visited some of the poorest and most dangerous areas in those countries to witness the deplorable conditions that drive so many locals to abandon their home in search of a better life elsewhere, and spoke to a wide variety of people on the ground, from human smugglers and gang members to border police charged with handling the massive exodus toward the North.

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June 2012 -- Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas, longtime co-anchors of Univision’s evening newscast “Noticiero Univision” and pioneers of Spanish-language broadcasting in the U.S., will receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) at the 33rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards.

“The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is delighted to honor Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas, the co-anchors of… Show more

June 2012 -- Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas, longtime co-anchors of Univision’s evening newscast “Noticiero Univision” and pioneers of Spanish-language broadcasting in the U.S., will receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) at the 33rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards.

“The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is delighted to honor Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas, the co-anchors of Univision’s nightly newscast, with our prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award,” said Malachy Wienges, Chairman, NATAS.

Ramos and Salinas are the most recognized and influential Hispanic journalists in the U.S. Ramos has been called “the Walter Cronkite of Hispanic news,” and the New York Times has called Salinas “the voice of Hispanic America.”

Ramos and Salinas have produced distinguished coverage of major news events in the last quarter century. Between them they have interviewed every sitting U.S. President since George H.W. Bush, and almost all of the major Presidential candidates, as well as dozens of Latin American presidents and political figures. They have covered all of the major national and international news stories of the past 25 years, including the civil war in El Salvador, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, the Persian Gulf War, the Kosovo War, 9/11, the Iraq War, and Hurricane Katrina. In 2007 Ramos and Salinas made history by co-hosting the first ever Democratic and Republican presidential candidate forums in Spanish on the Univision Network.

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