Eliott Rodriguez

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.cite news| last =Herald staff| first =| coauthors =| title =Two reporters resign TV posts| work =| pages =20A| language =| publisher =The Miami Herald (FL)| date =1982-11-27| url =| accessdate =2007-11-09 ] After 2½ years, he left Channel 4 for a reporting job at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia. 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. [cite news| last =Herald staff| first =| coauthors =| title =New co-anchor at WPLG| work =| pages =4C| language =| publisher =The Miami Herald (FL)| date =1987-11-09| url =| accessdate =2007-11-09 ] [cite news| last =Jackson| first =Terry| coauthors =| title =Channel 10 criticized about the departure of Hispanic anchors| work =| pages =1B| language =| publisher =The Miami Herald (FL)| date =1998-10-15| url =| accessdate =2007-11-09 ] Eliott appeared in the 1996 film "Up Close and Personal", playing the part of a television news reporter. 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 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 [cite news| last =Herald Staff| first =| coauthors =| title =WFOR-CBS 4 wins 23 Emmys| work =| pages =5E| language =| publisher =The Miami Herald (FL)| date =2001-12-06| url =| accessdate =2007-11-09 ] [cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =2004 Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards Program Winners| work =| publisher =National Academy of Television Arts and Science, Suncoast Chapter| date =| url =http://suncoast.emmyonline.org/emmy/winners/2004%20Winners%20REV%20Nov2004.htm| format =| doi =| accessdate =2007-11-09] and two Edward R. Murrow Awards. He was married to Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas for 13 years before they divorced in 2007. [cite news| last =Staletovich| first =Jenny| coauthors =| title =Show me the money, honey| work =| pages =1E| language =| publisher =The Miami Herald (FL)| date =2007-01-21| url =| accessdate =2007-11-09 ]

References

ee also

*WFOR-TV

External links

*imdb name|id=0735298|name=Eliott Rodriguez
* [http://cbs4.com/bios/cbs4.bio.rodriguez.9.374019.html CBS4 profile: Eliott Rodriguez]
* [http://suncoast.emmyonline.org/emmy Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards Program Winners]