Hall a tribute
to Salinas’
career, mother
BY ERIKA USUI
Staff Writer
María Elena Salinas has covered
bombings and hurricanes. She has
interviewed presidents and
won Emmy awards. She is an
author, radio commentator
and a syndicated columnist.
And she credits her success
to one person: her mom,
a seamstress who taught
her a strong work ethic and
brought her up in a bilingual home.
Tonight, Salinas – a founding
member of NAHJ and an anchor of
“Noticiero Univision” – will be inducted
into the NAHJ Hall of Fame.
Created in 2000, the Hall of
Fame honors journalists whose
pioneering efforts have brought
more Latino journalists into the
newsroom or helped improve news
coverage of the Latino community.
“This award is very special for me,”
Salinas said. “But this is about more
than my own recognition. I am proud
and satisfied of what this organization
has done and what they have
done for journalists and students.”
Salinas began her career as a
reporter for KMEX (Ch. 34) television
in Los Angeles in 1981. She
became anchor of “Noticiero
Univision” in 1987 and has since
won several journalism awards.
She helped Univision win
an Emmy Award in 2000
– the first for a Spanishlanguage
network – for her
coverage of Hurricane Mitch.
She also earned an Emmy for
a network broadcast town
hall meeting she moderated
with Mexican President Vicente Fox.
Salinas also was part of the team
that received the Edward R. Murrow
Award for coverage of the 1996
Atlanta Olympic Park bombings.
A former vice president of
NAHJ, Salinas has supported a
scholarship in her name since
2002. She announced in February
that she is doubling her annual
contribution to $10,000.
Contact Erika Usui at erika.
usui@colorado.edu
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