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Schmidt out at Univision

Posted on 13 September 2011. Tags: ,

Inside sources confirm Univision anchor/reporter Edna Schmidt is no longer with the company.  I’m told she was let go on Sunday while in New York, where she had gone to do 9/11 coverage.  A Univision rep refused to comment on Edna’s dismissal.

Earlier this year, Edna was taken off the weekend news anchor desk, along with co-host Enrique Teuteló, as part of the network’s talent changes. Enrique was let go, while Edna was missing in action until she was finally given a role sharing the 11:30 pm newscast anchor duties with Ilia Calderón.

Prior to the talent changes, Edna had been weekend anchor of “Noticiero Univision” since 2005.  She was previously news anchor for “Noticias Al Minuto” on TeleFutura and a correspondent and regular contributor for news magazine “Aquí y Ahora.”  Before that, she spent 10 years in Chicago as anchor for Univision’s WGBO-66.

 

 

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6 Responses to “Schmidt out at Univision”

  1. YogaFrog says:
    September 14, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    OH NO! This is terrible news! Well…I wish Edna the best of luck. She is super talented…hopefully she will get picked up by another network.

  2. A.M says:
    September 14, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    What the F is up with Univision? They are just pushing everyone out the door. Is it the money? or what cause the talent that replaces them is no better. Their management sucks!

  3. Jackie O says:
    September 21, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    Univision is pimping all those young girls, Edna is a classy journalist, and I’m glad she didn’t dumb down just to have a job. She will land on her feet again.

  4. J J says:
    September 25, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    Not surprised at all…the writing was on the wall.

  5. JOe says:
    September 26, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    Ilia Calderon is next…

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I'm an Emmy award-winning journalist, who's worked as an on-air reporter in Spanish and English-language television news. I've worked for Univision, Telemundo, CNN en Español and Los Angeles Fox and UPN stations before diving into a convergence model at the San Jose Mercury News. I was president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists from 2004 to 2006, and inducted into the Hall of Fame in August of 2016. As an online news manager, I was West Coast Web Editor for impreMedia and Managing Editor of IntersectionsSouthLA.org. In addition to running Media Moves, which I founded in June of 2007, I'm a regular contributor to Forbes and also do freelance work as writer, reporter and producer.
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