María Hinojosa
Birth Name:
María Hinojosa
Birth Place:
Mexico City, Mexico
Profession
Actress
Fast Facts
- Won an AWRT Gracie Award for Individual Achievement as Best TV Correspondent in 2009
- Was given the Lifetime Achievement Award in Media from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors and the Crossing Borders Award from the Feminist Press
- Has won several journalism awards, including four Emmy Awards, a John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism in 2012, and a Robert F․ Kennedy Award for Reporting on the Disadvantaged
- Was named one of Huffington Post's Top 25 Latinos in Contemporary American Culture in 2012
- Graduated from Barnard College and has received honorary degrees from DePaul University and Simmons College
- Started out as a radio announcer for Walter Cronkite and Charles Osgood at CBS News and hosted the public-affairs talk show "Visiones" on WNBC-TV
- Is the author of a memoir on motherhood called "Raising Raul: Adventures Raising Myself and My Son․"
- Launched The Futuro Media Group in 2010 to focus on stories that are overlooked and under reported in traditional media
- Best known as the anchor and executive producer of "Latino USA," as anchor of "Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One," and as senior correspondent on "NOW․"
- Has appeared as an actress in several Spanish TV series, including "Barbara" and "La zulianita․"