Carleth Keys

Carleth Keys (born Carleth Revete; pronounced car-LET) is a news anchor/reporter, journalist, and actress in Long Island City, New York, USA. She was born and raised in Venezuela.

Anchoring

Carleth Keys was a news anchor for Bay News 9 En Español for almost five years: from the channel's inception until December 1 2006. [http://www.baynews9.com/content/13/2002/7/10/53.html Bay News 9 - Carleth Keys] ] As of 2007, she is an anchor for NY1 Noticias.

Journalism

As well as writing as a reporter for newspapers in Caracas, Carleth wrote for a trilingual newspaper in Ybor City, Florida, called La Gaceta. [http://www.lagacetanewspaper.com/advertising.htm La Gaceta - Advertising] ]

Acting

She played herself, a Spanish news anchor in The Punisher, a 2004 film. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1585694/ Carleth Keys - IMDb] ]

Awards and recognition

Carleth Keys has been nominated for and has won several awards: [http://www.baynews9.com/content/13/2002/7/10/53.html Bay News 9 - Carleth Keys] ]
*She was the 2003 Hispanic Media Woman of the Year as named by the Tampa Hispanic Heritage Committee
*Award of recognition from the Club Social Y Deportivo Peru
*2004 Emmy nomination
*Finalist for the Tampa Bay Business Journal's 2004 Business Woman of the Year Award in Media
*AP Florida Awards 2006 winner of the best short hard feature

Background

Carleth was born in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela in 1970, and lived there for 28 years. Her career in the media began there as she wrote for local newspapers. In 1998, she married David Keys and moved to Brandon, Florida. In 2007, she moved to Long Island City, New York. She has a stepson, Steven Keys, and a brother, Carlos Revete.

Footnotes and citations

External links

* [http://www.baynews9.com/ Bay News 9]
* [http://www.lagacetanewspaper.com/ La Gaceta]