Maria Hinojosa | |
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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]