Maria Hinojosa | |
|---|---|
 Hinojosa speaking in 2013 | |
| Born | Maria de Lourdes Hinojosa Ojeda[1] July 2, 1961 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Education | Barnard College |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Latino USA |
| Spouse | German Perez |
| Awards | John Chancellor Award Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award Edward Murrow Award (Overseas Press Club of America) Pulitzer Prize |
Maria de Lourdes Hinojosa Ojeda (born July 2, 1961) is a Mexican-American journalist. She is the anchor and executive producer of Latino USA on National Public Radio, a public radio show devoted to Latino issues. She is also the founder, president and CEO of Futuro Media Group, which produces the show.[2] In 2022, Hinojosa won a Pulitzer Prize.[3]
Additionally, she serves as the executive producer of America By the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa: Clarkston Georgia which premiered on PBS as a Need to Know Election 2012 special on September 21, 2012.[4] In 2011, she became the first Latina to anchor a Frontline report on PBS (Lost in Detention, a documentary exploring the issue of deportation and immigrant detention and abuse).[5] Since 1995, she has been named three times as one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics by Hispanic Business magazine for her work as a reporter for CBS, NPR, and CNN.[6]
- ^ Stated on Finding Your Roots, April 13, 2021, https://www.pbs.org/video/the-new-world/
- ^ "Emmy Award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa to speak at Barnard convocation". Columbia Spectator. August 15, 2018.
- ^ "Podcast Series by Journalist-in-Residence Maria Hinojosa '84 Earns Futuro Media a Pulitzer Prize". Barnard College. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ Futuro Media Group Homepage Archived 2012-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Lost In Detention" Homepage Archived 2015-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Realities of Diversity: A Conversation With Maria Hinojosa". Radio West. October 22, 2018.