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Edna Schmidt

A very familiar face on Spanish-language TV, Schmidt's parents emigrated from Puerto Rico and settled in New York City, where she was born. When she was about 6 years, her parents returned to Puerto Rico. After receiving her primary and secondary education, Schmidt enrolled in college and attended Iowa State University, where she majored in journalism. She also completed a Master's program in Journalism. In 1988, she moved to Puerto Rico where she started her career as a newscaster for WSJN-TV (Channel 24). In 1992 she went to Chicago where she was offered a job with channel 44 (Telemundo), and shortly after joined the Univision family as the main news anchor for WCIU-TV (Channel 26) and subsequently WGBO-TV (Channel 66), when Univision acquired that station. She lived in Chicago for almost 11 years before she was offered the position of anchor woman in Telefutura - the fastest qrowing Spanish speaking broadcast network in the United States. It is a division of Univision Communications, Inc., the leading Spanish language media company in the U.S. Image File history File links EdnaSchmidt. ... Image File history File links EdnaSchmidt. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location [[Image:|250px|250px|Location of City of New York, New York]] Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Telefutura is a Spanish-language television network owned by Univisión with headquarters in Miami, Florida. ... Univision (pronounced Univisión in Spanish) is the largest Spanish-language television network in the United States, and overall, the fifth-largest American network (right behind Fox, ABC, NBC, and CBS); and is one of ten major mainstream/commercial broadcast networks in the United States, alongside NBC, CBS, Fox, ABC...

On December 2001, Schmidt accepted the offer and moved to Miami, Florida where Telefutura has its headquarters, and became the news anchor of "Noticias al Minuto" (Latest Minute News). She provided viewers with culturally relevant up-to-the-minute news reports, since the launch in 2002. On September 29, 2005 Schmidt was officially named as the new anchor of the weekend edition of "Noticiero Univision". Together with Sergio Urquidi has been co-anchoring Univision's Noticiero. Among the important events which Schmidt has covered are the terrorists attacks on September 11, 2001 in New York, the panic caused by the Anthrax threat in Washington D.C, and the execution of the Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh. She has also reported on many notable political events, anchoring the coverage of the 2005 State of the Union Address, the 2004 Presidential Debates and the 1996 Democratic Convention in Chicago. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Magic City, The American Riviera, The Sixth Borough Location of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 20th 181,196 km² 355 km 645 km 1. ... Timothy McVeigh after his arrest in 1995 Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001), considered by the FBI an American domestic terrorist, was executed for his part in the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing. ...

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

list of famous Puerto Ricans in alphabetical order by last names, where applicable. ...

External link

• Empresarios Latino