Univision national news anchor Maria Elena Salinas has added "author" to
her credits.
The National Emmy winner, journalist and syndicated columnist debuts in the
literary world with I Am My Father's Daughter: Living a Life Without Secrets,
published simultaneously in Spanish and English.
In the memoir, Salinas tells the story of her journey to the top amid her
struggle to come to terms with family secrets.
Father's Daughter details her childhood in a poverty-stricken Los Angeles
neighborhood; her adolescence spent working in a Southern California
sweatshop; her break into network television; and the astonishing discovery
that her father once was a Catholic priest.
As Salinas launches her first book tour, she celebrates her 25th
anniversary at Univision. Earlier this month, she was honored with the Premio
Orgullo, or Pride Award, at the Hispanic Federation's annual gala in New York.
Salinas, the U.S.-born daughter of an undocumented immigrant from Mexico,
began her career in 1981 as a reporter for Univision's KMEX-34 in Los Angeles.
For more than 20 years, Salinas has shared the anchor desk of the national
newscast Noticiero Univision with Jorge Ramos.
New awards site: Telemundo announced the launch of a Billboard channel
within the network's own Web site, telemundo.com.
This interactive area (telemundoeventos.com/billboard) gives visitors all
the latest information on the 2006 Billboard Latin Music Awards, with video
clips, artist interviews, a gossip blog and polls. Fans can also participate
in the Viewers Choice Awards by voting for their favorite star.
The 2006 Billboard Latin Music Awards will be telecast live by Telemundo
from Seminole Hard Rock Live in Hollywood on April 27.
New newsmagazine: Univision's sister cable network, Galavision, has
premiered a new prime-time newsmagazine in which the issues affecting U.S.
Hispanics take center stage.
Hosted by Colombian journalist Mario Andres Moreno, En Profundidad airs
Tuesdays and features such current topics as immigration, education and
health, presenting stories as told by their protagonists.
New host: Lilia Rodriguez has been selected as the host of the
entertainment-news segment of Telefutura's national newscast En Vivo y
Directo, which is co-hosted by Carmen Dominicci and Rolando Nichols.
A Puerto Rican former model and current journalism student, Rodriguez
replaces Rashel Diaz, who left the newscast for personal reasons.
Magaly Morales writes for Tribune Media Services. She can be reached at
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