Eliott Rodriguez

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Eliott Rodriguez (born 1956-06-15 in New York) is a Cuban-American television journalist who has received two Emmy Awards and two Edward R. Murrow Awards.

Rodriguez was born in 1956 to Cuban immigrant parents in the Bronx, New York. After graduating from the University of Miami, he began his journalism career as a reporter at The Miami News before becoming a reporter at WTVJ-Channel 4.[1] After 2½ years, he left Channel 4 for a reporting job at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia.[1] In 1987, he returned to Miami to take up a weekend co-anchor and general assignment reporter at WPLG-Channel 10 and remained there for 11 years.[2][3] He joined WFOR-TV (CBS4) in Miami in 1999, where he is currently the main news anchor and hosts the weekly public affairs program 4Sunday Morning. In January of 2008 he was replaced by Antonio Mora as the main anchor; Eliot went to the Noon and 5:30 newscasts.

Rodriguez received two Emmy Awards for local news reporting in 2001 and 2004[4][5] and two Edward R. Murrow Awards. He was married to Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas for 13 years before they divorced in 2007.[6]

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  1. ^ a b Herald staff. "Two reporters resign TV posts", The Miami Herald (FL), 1982-11-27, pp. 20A. Retrieved on 2007-11-09. 
  2. ^ Herald staff. "New co-anchor at WPLG", The Miami Herald (FL), 1987-11-09, pp. 4C. Retrieved on 2007-11-09. 
  3. ^ Jackson, Terry. "Channel 10 criticized about the departure of Hispanic anchors", The Miami Herald (FL), 1998-10-15, pp. 1B. Retrieved on 2007-11-09. 
  4. ^ Herald Staff. "WFOR-CBS 4 wins 23 Emmys", The Miami Herald (FL), 2001-12-06, pp. 5E. Retrieved on 2007-11-09. 
  5. ^ 2004 Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards Program Winners. National Academy of Television Arts and Science, Suncoast Chapter. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  6. ^ Staletovich, Jenny. "Show me the money, honey", The Miami Herald (FL), 2007-01-21, pp. 1E. Retrieved on 2007-11-09. 

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