Sotomayor won a scholarship to Princeton University and graduated summa cum laude in 1976 and went on to receive her law degree from Yale. 6:06AM. A close second is associate degree with 8% and rounding it off is master's degree with 6%. Sonia Gutierrez poses for a portrait in her neighborhood in Denver. Born in 1954, Los Angeles native Maria Elena Salinas is distinguished for being the longest-running female TV news anchor in the U.S. and the first Latina to earn a Lifetime Achievement Emmy. Federal court records show that case, centering on a civil rights violation claim of retaliation, was resolved out of court in a confidential settlement. She hosts the podcast Conversations with Maria Menounos. This list of famous female reporters is ranked by their level of prominence, with photos when available. "We've always considered it a priority to be a voice for the voiceless, so doing stories about our underrepresented communities has been part of our fabric at KUSA for years," Jurgemeyer says. A Top Donor Objected, Rancor Erupts In 'LA Times' Newsroom Over Race, Equity And Protest Coverage, now works across town at Rocky Mountain PBS, who returned from his own traumatic brain injury, the Colorado ACLU will honor the three women. This section highlights information about where news anchors work. She thought they had a right to weigh in on questions such as: How much of the video of Floyd's death should be shown? Anchor Leon Krauze broadcasted in Spanish for Univision while writing English-language essays as a soccer correspondent for The New Republic. Female news reporters and female journalists have worked hard to become the best that they can be, so if you're a girl aspiring to be a reporter then the people below should give you inspiration. MySA staff. In late March, she published her allegations against KUSA in Westword. Fresh corporate training programs promoted diversity in hiring and coverage at all 64 stations scattered across 51 markets. In 2004 she received her doctorate in education from the University of Miami. Since retirement as a full-time host and contributor, she continued to report for ABC News through 2015 occasionally. "For me, the biggest incident was when I was told that I could not do any more immigration stories unless I disclosed my immigration status on air," Gutierrez says. The outcry has focused an unwanted glare on Tegna, one of the nation's largest and most prominent owners of local television stations, just as the company faces claims of racial bias from a dissident investor. "Because of the reputation of 9News, this is an intimidating place when you start working here," Jurgemeyer says. She joined Fox News in March 2005 as a general-assignment reporter. After roughly six months, as new newsroom leaders rotated in, both arrangements waned, and then disappeared, she says. But Gutierrez, 30, says she balked at the station's directive. In 1976 Walters became the first female co-anchor of a network evening news, the ABC Evening News. Tegna faces its own allegations of racial bias. Her passion for people far too overlooked came out in the words she chose to fill the stories she did.". Aguirre, 34, a Mexican-American who grew up near Midway Airport on the South Side of Chicago, says she had been inspired to become a journalist to tell stories about Latinos that were not simply. While in college, Gutierrez interned at the local affiliate of the Spanish-language network Telemundo. In April 2019, Aguirre suffered a stroke that resulted in a traumatic brain injury and paralyzed her on her left side; as she built back strength and returned in the fall, the station shared the news with the public, ran stories highlighting her recovery and helped raise money for research into her affliction. hide caption. Lizarraga returned to her family home in Dallas. Jennifer Lynne Brown (born March 23, 1981) is an American sports broadcaster and television host. She wrote in Westword, "After six months, I was instructed not to wear my hair in a bun with a middle part anymore a style I have seen and worn as a Mexican and Ecuadorian woman all my life. ", "Because they're KUSA, they can just get somebody else," Aguirre says. "It's not like there was something wrong with me or my reporting," says Gutierrez, who left last year. I add all of the recommended Twitter handles to a private Twitter List that I build and monitor throughout the year in Tweetdeck. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. During the early twentieth century several women along the Texas-Mexican border in Laredo were instrumental in spreading word about their concern for the civil rights of Mexicans and disdain for then dictator, Porfirio Daz, through their writing in Hispanic newspapers. Gutierrez now works across town at Rocky Mountain PBS. "We should have been . News, and served as a TV correspondent for Today, Access Hollywood, and co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece. March 28, 2021 And back in the newsroom, she says, producers focused solely on the size of the fine potentially up to $9 million. She didn't see why viewers needed to be told that in each of her immigration reports. New York Times Metro Desk1,594 Twitter followers. As the third wife, Isabel, known to her countrymen as "Isabelita," would serve as her husband's vice president and First Lady during his third presidential term, starting in 1973. Campos-Duffy will become the only Hispanic woman to co-host a cable news morning show, according to Fox. Hispanic presses provided information important to the Hispanic and Latin American communities and helped to foster and preserve the cultural values that remain today. 506,000 Twitter followers. Just based on the number of employees within each industry, we were able to determine the most common industries that employ news anchors. The most common ethnicity of news anchors is White (66.7%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (12.6%), Asian (9.7%) and Black or African American (6.4%). Maria Menounos (; born June 8, 1978) is an American entertainment reporter, television personality, professional wrestler, actress, and businesswoman. Jeannette Reyes is an anchor for FOX 5 Morning and Good Day D.C. Host and correspondent for networks including: Oxygen, E! In 1997, Walters created and debuted as a co-host on The View, a daytime talk show with an all-female panel, and was a co-host for 16. Famous for her supporting roles in the film adaptations of the King and I (1956) and West Side Story (1961), Moreno would earn herself an Oscar for the latter, making her the first Latina to achieve such a feat. "Journalism is an industry where a lot of people are mistreated, a lot of employees are mistreated, and discriminated against, and then people simply go quiet. San Antonio TV stations include News 4, FOX-29, KENS 5 and KSAT 12. By looking over 2,584 news anchors resumes, we figured out that the average news anchor enjoys staying at their job for 1-2 years for a percentage of 38%. Despite her lower-middle-class background and her fifth-grade education, former nightclub dancer Isabel Pern would become Latin America's first female president. Her multitude of credits as an actress, singer and dancer would later result to one of her biggest crowning achievements in 2019: She is the first Latina to be elevated to PEGOT status, a small group of entertainers who have won a Peabody, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. local news and culture, Lori Lizarraga Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. READ MORE: How Sonia Sotomayor Overcame Adversity to Become the United States' First Hispanic and Latina Justice. People of color now make up a third of the entire newsroom at KUSA 9News in Denver. On September 26, 2020, Marie Arana participated in a 39-minute film titled, This page was last edited on 29 January 2023, at 23:07. "I was put in a box simply for who I am," Gutierrez says. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission earlier this year. We created this chart to show you the average size of companies that typically hire news anchors. Standard General also pointed to an episode directly involving Tegna CEO Lougee. KUSA 9News' headquarters looms as a citadel of local television, in a largely residential neighborhood just 2 miles from the state capitol building. Emails among Ryan, other news leaders and Lizarraga reflect that supervisors told the reporter repeatedly that she fell short, starting around the time of the protests and moving forward. 6.4% of News Anchors are Black or African American, Most a are White, with 66.7% of News Anchors belonging to this ethnicity. The Greatest Female Vocalists of the Past 10 Years, The Best News Anchors Who Are Already Retired. The average age of an employed news anchor is 40 years old. Madalyn Mendoza is a proud Alamo City native. Whether it be in politics, science, medicine or the arts, Latinas have defied social, cultural, and gender stereotypes throughout many generations and have become pioneers in their respective fields and native countries. How much coverage should there be of police tactics? After two years as a reporter in Bakersfield, Calif., Lori Lizarraga says, she was told by 9News that she would be an asset and she joined the station. This has been a really great year for Latino talent in American media. She maintains that she did not crash deadlines, although she sometimes pushed up against them. 9News is unusually woven into the fabric of its parent company. In the official memo last winter announcing Lizarraga's departure, Chris Vanderveen, KUSA's director of reporting, wrote, "She learned not just how to fight for stories but how to fight for the subjects of those stories as well. Series Cast Series Produced by Series Film Editing by Series Makeup Department Series Sound Department Greg Orrante . Several new anchors and reporters have joined the News 12 Long Island newsroom to work alongside longtime anchors across its daily newscasts. Colleagues printed T-shirts. Throughout her long career, Soledad O'Brien has been one of the most visible Latinas in English-language TV news. And Patti Dennis, a Tegna vice president and director of recruitment, is herself a former KUSA news director. Born in Argentina in 1931, Isabel Pern's rise to power would be through her husband, Argentinian president Juan Pern, who was previously married to the late and beloved Eva Pern (aka Evita). Jillian Barberie John Beard (news anchor) Ross Becker Rod Bernsen Angela Black (news anchor) Asha Blake Bill Bonds Lisa Breckenridge Tom Brokaw Marc Brown (journalist) C Cher Calvin Jim Castillo Stan Chambers Sophia Choi Connie Chung Nick Clooney Fritz Coleman Joel Connable Erin Coscarelli Ann Curry D Peter Daut Christine Devine In one year, a Denver TV station ousted three Latina journalists: (from left) Kristen Aguirre left in March 2020, Lori Lizarraga left in March 2021 and Sonia Gutierrez left last November. She became deputy editor of "Book World" in 1993 and editor in chief of the section in 1999. Katherine Anne Couric ( KURR-ik; born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and author. In 1945 she was the first Latin American female poet to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Known as the "Voice of Hispanic America," Salinas recently retired from her role at Univision but continues to focus on her philanthropy, which includes education, promoting women's media, and increasing voter registration within her community. Sandra Smith joined Fox Business as a reporter in 2007. From 1979 to 2004, Walters worked as co-host and a producer for the ABC newsmagazine 20/20. So did the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in its own meetings with station executives. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. The station is also seeking to hire a reporter for a new race and culture beat. She hosted NBC's Weekend Today before becoming co-anchor of the CNN morning. A quarter of Colorado residents are Latino, and the state is rapidly becoming more diverse. "I was like, 'I'm not confused about the grammar, y'all'," Lizarraga recalls. After KUSA 9News didn't renew her contract, Lizarraga returned home to be with her family in Dallas and started to prepare her account that appeared this spring in Westword. The memo suggested using precise language such as "asylum seeker," "immigrant" or "migrant" or "unaccompanied minor.". ABC News correspondent for Good Morning America. While Hoffman accepted Lougee's apology, he wrote a letter to the CEO raising concerns of "unconscious bias.". [3][4] At the same time another educator, Leonor Villegas de Magnn, began to write for covert revolutionary publications. Read also. Jovita Idar, a teacher in Ojuelos, began to write for her father's newspaper, La Crnica. Ochoa would complete a total of four space missions during her career at NASA and would make history once again when she became the first Latina director of the agency's Johnson Space Center in 2013. We found most news anchors work for a private company. Isabel took over as president, and while her nation and political allies and even some of her husband's enemies initially showed support for her, she quickly fell out of favor after she issued a government-run suppression campaign against her adversaries, including a string of political murders and anti-left-wing policy measures and purges. List of famous female tv anchors, listed by their level of prominence with photos when available. Beyond the usual awards, promotions, and standout work that shares quickly throughout Latinos Twitter, this year I specifically sought to elevate Latinos for two reasons. After finding the gender ratio, we wondered if the percentages of LGBT persons were different as well. Lila Diane Sawyer (born December 22, 1945) is an American television journalist. News, The Insider, Entertainment Tonight and EXTRA. "They can get another Latino who fills that Brown category, who's cheaper, younger, greener and more afraid to ask any questions. At Twitter, data scientist Nicolas Belmote visualized the World Cup's tweets to create two breathtaking interactive products, The World Cup of Tweets and #WorldCup: Beyond the home team. 16 of the hottest Latino journalists in the United States and beyond Madalyn Mendoza , San Antonio Express-News March 17, 2016 24 The presence of Latino journalists has surged in mainstream. So I'd be in those meetings and I would ask 'Why?' Tweet them @vato. "Having worked at another station in town, it was always viewed as the top competition and who we wanted to beat.". In the months since, company CEO Lougee announced a huge diversity, equity and inclusion initiative. Keep up with her work and puro San Antonio happenings on Twitter, @MaddySkye. While slightly more than half of local television news anchors are now women, women still make up only 28 percent of local news directors and 16 percent of the general managers at TV stations that air local news. All Rights Reserved. Nov. 23, 2004, 8:57 AM PST. She was the first House Republican to come out in support of gay marriage and served as a member of numerous caucuses in her 30-year political career, including the LGBT Equality Caucus, the Climate Solutions Caucus and the Congressional Pro-Life Women's Caucus. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Jurgemeyer, the KUSA news director, says she cannot directly address Lizarraga's account, as it is bound up in the accusations about her departure. "When I asked for an explanation. Lizarraga says she rallied colleagues of color to object when the station decided to stage a town hall meeting on race and equity hosted solely by a white anchor. An activist hedge fund, Standard General LP, recently nominated rival directors, saying it wanted to diversify the company's largely white board. Two years later, Ochoa became the first Latina woman to fly into space, which occurred aboard the shuttle Discovery. Take a look below! She joined Don Imus' show in 2009, and was a frequent guest on Fox Business Happy Hour. Part of HuffPost Latino Voices. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images RELATED:San Antonio TV ex Marycarmen Lopez nabs meaty role in Oprah series. Famous female journalists can take many forms, from women news anchors to women reporters in the field. "For me, the biggest incident was when I was told that I could not do any more immigration stories unless I disclosed my immigration status on air," Gutierrez says. 16 of the hottest Latino journalists in the United States and beyond. Fox News Latino reporter. This Walking Pad treadmill made getting 10,000 steps a 10 beach essentials to pack for a spring break vacation. Despite being born into poverty and discriminated against for being born of partial African descent, Afro-Dominican Evangelina Rodriguez became the first woman from the Dominican Republic to earn her medical degree. But before we get into the details of a year in Latino media excellence, I want to first share how this list comes together every year. To the producers, 'It's done. I have created a Collection in Tweetdeck for storing specific top Latino tweets for embedding throughout next year's list, just as I have Alberto Ciurana's mighty tweet below. Research Summary. JerSean Golatt for NPR Vail's International Student Workers Feel Left Out in the Cold Over High Housing Costs, Meet the Woman Living in Boulder's Notorious JonBent Ramsey House, Help Prevent Car Theft: Let the Denver Police Department Track Your Stolen Vehicle's Location. Her response: KUSA also needed to serve Latino families the ones who speak English. They wondered whether she could take the care and precision with the technical aspects required to succeed in the job. "The conversation felt just incredibly transactional," Torres says. Last year, as people protested in the streets and in corporate offices, Tegna stepped forward and said it was working to meet the moment. For instance, most news anchors prefer to work at private companies over public companies. Under Bill Clinton's administration, Sotomayor would make her way to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1997, and a little over a decade later, Barack Obama nominated her to the highest court in the land. The anchors use their training and skills to deliver the news and have become powerful voices on cable TV. "We have to confront management and tell them that we have ideas and that we deserve a spotlight right now.". In 2002 33% of journalists were women. Born in Peru in 1942, Allende would gain international recognition for her magical realism in novels such as The House of Spirits and City of Beasts. In one year, a Denver TV station ousted three Latina journalists: (from left) Kristen Aguirre left in March 2020, Lori Lizarraga left in March 2021 and Sonia Gutierrez left last November. In the early 1990s Achy Obejas, a Cuban immigrant who grew up in Indiana, started writing for the Chicago Tribune, Latina, POZ, The Advocate, and reported on high-profile stories such as the Gianni Versace and Matthew Shepard murders. You want it or not?' Sonia Gutierrez was let go from 9News in 2020. America's most-watched local news station in the country for the 2nd straight year is actually KMEX Univision 34 in Los Angeles. We are choosing what is newsworthy based on what you care to talk about, not what is actually newsworthy.". Like Nieto-Gmez, Flores found certain elements of the Chicano movement to be sexist and supported rights for Chicano women. People of color now make up a third of the entire newsroom. hide caption, Kristen Aguirre is now working in Asheville, N.C. At KUSA 9News, Aguirre says, she believed her pursuit of community-driven news brought value. Tragic love, childhood, piety, sadness, bitterness and the politics of the times brought forth the lyrical poetry that defined Chilean poet, diplomat and educator Gabriela Mistral. The second-most popular foreign language spoken is French at 8.0% and Chinese is the third-most popular at 5.5%. "Water was impacted.". In honor of these brave, daring, and at times controversial women, here are 10 Latinas who fought against the odds and became the first in their class: Born in the Bronx, New York in 1954, .css-47aoac{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#A00000;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-47aoac:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Sonia Sotomayor grew up in challenging circumstances. Story to read right now: The U.S. She helped develop the Ixcateopan, Guerrero archaeological project, an archive of her country's history, and the National Library of Anthropology and History. This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. Lizarraga says that she did not fail to file the digital stories and that Ryan was mistaken. "Any of us who've worked in journalism for any period of time know that there tends to be a way we do things that's been ingrained for many years," Jurgemeyer says. Since then, she has built her reputation on being an advocate for criminal justice reform and women's rights. In Denver, Ryan, KUSA's chief news executive, sent a memo to staff the day after Lizarraga's piece was posted by Westword. Her father was an alcoholic who died in his early 40s and her mother kept her emotional distance from her daughter. This year's list makes conscious effort to elevate a surname-unspecific vision of Latino affairs. Booty Patrol' truck spotted in South Texas, Police: North Texas mother arrested after stabbing her 5 children, killing 3, San Antonio woman shows strength of single moms on 'Naked and Afraid', Kyle to open first Costco Wholesale this March, Former Boerne quarterback allegedly gave plays to other XFL teams. There are thousands of females working as reporters in the world, but this list highlights only the most notable ones. Sara Estela Ramrez was an educator who joined Partido Liberal Mexicano, a progressive Mexican political party that consisted of mainly men. She hosts Dancing with the Stars for ABC and is a sideline reporter for Fox NFL.Andrews was previously a co-host of College GameDay on ESPN and a contributor for Good Morning America on the ABC network. .css-m6thd4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;color:#323232;text-transform:capitalize;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-m6thd4:hover{color:link-hover;}}Ken Starr. Dave Lougee, its CEO, is a former news director at the station. Fox News Channel sent reporter Bryan Llenas to broadcast Team USA's every move for America's #1 cable news network in English. Bush. 439,000 Twitter followers. Aguirre, 34, a Mexican-American who grew up near Midway Airport on the South Side of Chicago, says she had been inspired to become a journalist to tell stories about Latinos that were not simply about crime and immigration. Using the data below, you can see how other job titles compare to news anchors. In 1976 Isabel was forced out by a military coup and remained under house arrest before being allowed to move to Spain. She came in as a very well respected journalist with a bunch of awards that prove that title. The most common foreign language among news anchors is Spanish at 47.2%. Instead of channeling that fervor, Lizarraga says, it was largely deflected. She is currently signed to WWE where she has served as an ambassador since 2013. She worked for NBC News from 1989 to 2006, CBS News from 2006 to 2011, and ABC News from 2011 to 2014. "I can tell a story in a much different way than a female white reporter can because I lived it. independent local journalism in Denver. All Rights Reserved. Kristen Aguirre is now working in Asheville, N.C. At KUSA 9News, Aguirre says, she believed her pursuit of community-driven news brought value. "I can tell a story in a much different way than a female white reporter can because I lived it. The other's contract was not renewed five months after she had returned after having a stroke. 8. Lori Lizarraga says she was told by 9News she would be an asset and joined the station after two years as a reporter in Bakersfield, Calif. She says she was excited to be a general assignment reporter, closer to her family's home in Dallas and appearing on the air in a major market. In meetings with Tegna and KUSA officials this spring, a group of local elected officials, all Latina, called for the dismissal of KUSA's top news executive, Tim Ryan. Interestingly enough, the average age of news anchors is 40+ years old, which represents 44% of the population. Juan Diego Reyes for NPR; JerSean Golatt for NPR; Michele Abercrombie/NPR "You're confused about the family I come from and the background I have.". She was told she had failed to turn in two digital text versions of her television pieces. After a stint at a station in Columbia, S.C., Gutierrez returned to KUSA as a reporter. News, where she made network history for being the first Latina in that position. Join the Westword community and help support Welcome to Beyond Bylines, Cision PR Newswires blog for the media. In 1979 Sotomayor served as an assistant district attorney, which eventually paved her way to becoming a U.S. District Court judge, appointed by George H.W. Walters has hosted a variety of television programs, including Today, The View, 20/20, and the ABC Evening News. The content is all in English and focused solely on the U.S. with coverage of news, politics, health, and economics. "There was just something wrong with who I was a liability to them.". Her new station has an anchor, just retired, who returned from his own traumatic brain injury. A kiss for my new Queen: King Felipe of Spain takes the crown from a tearful Juan Carlos as wife Letizia becomes world's most glamorous monarch (just don't mention the World Cup). People have to feel like we're listening to them, that we're not just always talking at them.". As Gutierrez rose at Telemundo Denver, she also pitched stories to KUSA. . Kristen Aguirre, one of the journalists let go in the past year, says: "I didn't really know its reputation until my agent told me, 'Listen we go there, you put your time in there, you can go to whatever station you want.' Those industries include media, education and professional. Her supervisors had their own take. "We have to be open. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. She received her medical degree from the University of the Dominican Republic in 1909 and began building her career in small towns and giving medical care to the poorest citizens. She co-hosted ESPNU's college, Famous People You Didn't Know Were Greek Orthodox, The Most Influential News Anchors of All Time, The Best Talk Show Hosts Of Daytime, Late Night, and All Time, American Public Figures Who Are National Treasures, The Most Influential Contemporary Americans, 33 Celebrities You Probably Didn't Expect To Be Cheerleaders. "[6] After moving to Laredo, she began to write for a local newspaper and became a member of Junta Revolutionaria. Of course, no female anchors and reporters list would be complete without the likes of Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer, or Erin Andrews. A troubling report by the San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists finds that only 25 percent of anchors in . Born in Cuba in 1952 and later immigrating to the United States at age eight, Ros-Lehtinen grew up with an anti-Castro activist father and memories of escaping Fidel Castro's regime. After its meetings with the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Tegna announced it had revised its language policy for all stations.