Edna Schmidt
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Edna Schmidt (born August 8, 1969 in Manhattan, New York) of Puerto Rican descent -journalist.
Schmidt's parents emigrated from Puerto Rico and settled in New York City, where she was born. After receiving her primary and secondary education, Schmidt enrolled in college where she majored in journalism. After this she moved to Puerto Rico where she started her career as a newscastor for WSJN-TV (Channel 24). In 1992 she went to Chicago where she was offered a job at WGBO-TV (Channel 66) a local Spanish language station. She lived in Chicago for 10 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.
On April 2002, Schmidt accepted the offer and together with her husband moved to Miami, Florida where Telefutura has its headquarters. Schmidt is currently the anchor of "Noticias al Minuto" (Latest Minute News). Among the important events which Schmidt has covered are the terrorists attacks on September 11, 2001, the panic caused by the Anthrax threat and the execution of the Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh.
As of September 2005, Schmidt together with Sergio Urquidi will co-anchor Univision's Noticiero. She is currently working towards a Masters Degree in journalism at Iowa State University.
