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{{shortShort description|American journalist (born 1954)}}
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'''María Elena Salinas''' (born December 30, 1954), is an American broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author. Called the "Voice of Hispanic America" by ''[[The New York Times]]'', Salinas is one of the most recognized Hispanic female journalists in the United States.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} She was the co-anchor of ''[[Noticiero Univision]],'' the primary evening news broadcast on [[Univision]], and the co-host of the [[news magazine]] program ''[[Aquí y Ahora (TV series)|Aquí y Ahora]]'' (''Here and Now'').
 
Salinas has been working for more than three decades in the U.S. and in 18 Latin American countries.<ref>{{citeCite web|url=httphttps://www.univision.com/talentos/maria-elena-salinas/biografia |title=Univision Corporate&#124; CommunicationsShows, MaríaEntretenimiento, ElenaNoticias, Deportes y Novelas|website=Univision|accessdate=29 SalinasJune Bio2023}}</ref> She has interviewed Latin American heads of state, rebel leaders, dictators, and every United States president since Jimmy Carter.
 
==Journalism career==
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Salinas began as a reporter, anchor and public-affairs host for [[KMEX-DT|KMEX-TV]], the Univision affiliate in [[Los Angeles]], in 1981. She became the anchor of the national Spanish-language news program ''[[Noticiero Univision]]'' in 1987.
 
She has interviewed figures such as former US Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama; [[Manuel Noriega]], the former military dictator of Panama; Nicaraguan President [[Daniel Ortega]]; and the [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation]] spokesman [[Subcomandante Marcos]]. She has also interviewed celebrities such as [[Jennifer Lopez]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtaM41tSt24 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/rtaM41tSt24| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Jennifer López habla con María Elena Salinas on 'Aqui y Ahora'|website=[[YouTube]]|date=November 12, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Ricky Martin]] and [[Gloria Estefan]].
 
Salinas was among the first female journalists in wartime Baghdad.{{Explain|date=May 2017}} She herself has been interviewed by [[Katie Couric]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmJLtmb7xTw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/lmJLtmb7xTw| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Maria Elena Salinas of Univision appears on KATIE |website=[[YouTube]]|date=February 8, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Bill Moyers,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billmoyers.com/guest/maria-elena-salinas/ |title=Bill Moyers' The Rise of Hispanic America |date=October 4, 2012}}</ref> and others.
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Salinas participated in the bilingual national Democratic presidential candidate debate on Hispanic issues in 2004, and again in 2007 co-hosting the first Democratic and Republican presidential candidate forums in Spanish on the Univision Network.
 
In 2017, she began an English-language crime program ''[[The Real Story with María Elena Salinas]]'', on [[Investigation Discovery]]. For ten years from 2001-2011, she wrote a weekly syndicated column in English and Spanish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediamoves.com/tag/syndicated-column |title=Salinas ends syndicated column |date=February 1, 2011}}</ref> In 2017–18, she hosted two seasons of the English-language crime program ''The Real Story with María Elena Salinas'', on [[Investigation Discovery]].
 
On Aug.August 3, 2017, Univision announced that Salinas would be leaving her post as co-anchor of ''Noticiero Univisión'' at the end of 2017. In a Facebook post, Salinas said she plans to become an independent news producer and that she was not pushed out.<ref>http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/sur-de-la-florida/article165398872.html</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article165544697.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170805000731/http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article165544697.html| archive-date = 2017-08-05| title = Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas leaving nightly newscast {{!}} Miami Herald| website = [[Miami Herald]]}} </ref>
 
On July 1, 2018, she participated in [[Telemundo's]] Mexican presidential elections coverage and on December 1, exactly five months later, she was part of Telemundo's news team covering the Mexican presidential inauguration from Mexico City.
 
On July 22, 2019, [[CBS News]] announced Maria Elena Salinas would be joining as a contributor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/cbs-news-maria-elena-salinas-1203275594/|title=CBS News Names Maria Elena Salinas Contributor|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=2019-07-22|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref> María Elena Salinas joined "[[CBS This Morning]]" to break down the diverse Latino communities across the U.S. that were long held as a single voting bloc, but economic, geographic and cultural differences show stark divides in how Latino Americans have cast their ballots in the [[2020 United States presidential election]].
 
In March 2022, Maria Elena Salinas became a contributor for ABC News <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/legendary-spanish-language-news-anchor-maria-elena-salinas-jumps-to-abc-news/504386/|title=Legendary Spanish Language News Anchor María Elena Salinas Jumps to ABC News|date=30 March 2022|website=www.adweek.com|accessdate=29 June 2023}}</ref>
 
==Public service and philanthropy==
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Salinas is a founder of the [[National Association of Hispanic Journalists]] and was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2006. She also sponsors the Maria Elena Salinas Scholarship for college students interested in Spanish news broadcasting.
 
She is on the boards of the [[Hispanic Scholarship Fund]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hsf.net/en/about-hsf/people/bios/maria-elena-salinas |title=Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Salinas, Board Member Bio |access-date=2015-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630073051/https://hsf.net/en/about-hsf/people/bios/maria-elena-salinas/ |archive-date=2015-06-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[International Women's Media Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://iwmf.org/about/staff.aspx | title=Board and Staff | publisher=www.iwmf.org | accessdate=October 13, 2013}}</ref>
 
==Awards and recognition==
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For her philanthropic work, Salinas is a recipient of the Intrepid Award from the [[National Organization for Women]], and has been honored by organizations including the [[Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund]], the [[National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials]] and the [[Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute]], among others.
 
In 2017, Salinas was a commencement speaker inat [[American University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.american.edu/media/news/20160419-Spring-Commencement-Speakers.cfm|title=AU Announces Spring 2016 Commencement Speakers {{!}} American University Washington DC|website=www.american.edu|date=19 April 2016 |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> and [[California State University, Fullerton]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.fullerton.edu/2016wi/Commencement-Speakers.aspx|title=CSUF News Center - Opera Star and Univision News Anchor to Address Cal State Fullerton Class of 2016|website=news.fullerton.edu|date=15 March 2016|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> and received an honorary doctorate from American University. She was presented with the [[Leading Ladies of Entertainment]] accolade by the [[Latin Recording Academy]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Leading Ladies of Entertainment |url=https://www.latingrammy.com/en/leading-ladies-of-entertainment |publisher=Latin Recording Academy |access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.univision.com/personas-maria-elena-salinas Stories by and about Maria Elena Salinas, from Univision] (in Spanish)
 
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