Macarena Hernandez Biography
Macarena Hernandez is a journalist and academic from United States. She was an editorial columnist for The Dallas Morning News and the Rio Grande Valley Bureau Chief for The San Antonio Express-News before becoming a journalism professor at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Macarena Hernandez Age
She was born and raised in the United States of America.
Macarena Hernandez Education
Hernández graduated from Baylor University with a B.A. in English Professional Writing and Journalism and an M.A. in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.
Macarena Hernandez Career
Hernandez interned at The New York Times while in college and went on to become the Rio Grande Valley Bureau Chief for the San Antonio Express-News after graduation. Jayson Blair, a New York Times writer who had worked with her, was found plagiarizing a newspaper piece she had written for the Express-News in 2003. The revelation unearthed scores of other items for The Times that Blair had plagiarized or faked, sparking a nationwide media firestorm. Hernández began working for The Dallas Morning News in August 2005. Soon after, she wrote a blog about how often illegal immigrants are victims of crime in the United States, citing a Georgia case in which six Mexicans were slain. When Bill O’Reilly of Fox News voiced fury that the Mexican flag was flown in mourning, Hernández accused O’Reilly of spreading hatred. O’Reilly responded by calling for a boycott of the Dallas Morning News.
Macarena Hernandez Awards
Hernandez went on to become the Victoria Advocate Endowed Professor in Humanities and taught in the Communications Department at the University of Houston-Victoria, where she was also the co-founder and managing director of Centro Victoria, which created resources for Latino literature in the United States. Her alma university, Baylor University, has named her the Fred Hartman Distinguished Professor of Journalism. Latina named her one of their Women of the Year in 2003, and Hispanic Magazine named her one of their 2004 Trendsetters. In 2006, the Los Angeles Times referred to her as a “Media Face to Watch.” Hernandez received a Creative Capital Award in 2016.
Hernandez Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 4 million dollars.