Shanik Berman (Mexico, 1945) is a Mexican journalist. She was born in Mexico City to Jewish immigrant parents from

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who immigrated after surviving the Second World War. She has studied Literature and Languages in Mexico, Paris and the United States. Berman became a showbiz reporter since early 1990s and has since then become one of the icons of Showbiz Journalism in Mexico. Her staple show '' Intimamente Shanik'' was a pioneer in Mexican Television in handling previously censored subjects such as sex, divorces, infidelity, etc. Currently she writes a column for the most important newspapers in México such as: ESTO (Sports Newspaper), El SOl de México, La Prensa, Periódico Basta y Periódico Heraldo. She has a show business column with interviews of celebrities in the best-selling

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in México: “TVNOTAS” She has a daily radio show ''Shanik en Fórmula'' broadcast through

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in Mexico, Latin America and USA which airs from Monday to Sunday. She is the author of ''Muy cerca del ombligo'' (1985) a satire about the showbiz world in México and she also wrote “Más cornadas da el Hombre” a book about bullfighters. She started her journalistic career in 1980. She worked in All the Univisión tv shows that were about show business, Among them: “Escándalo”, “La Tijera”, “Tómbola”, “Cristina Show”, and“Sal y pimienta” She has worked as one of the main show business journalists in all the gossip tv shows in Mexican National television such as: “La Oreja”, “Con todo”, “Vida tv”, “Viva la mañana”, “De buenas a la 1”, “D poca”, “Tv de Noche”, “Muévete”, “Nxclusiva”, “ARRIESGA TV”, “Pasillo tv”, and “El Coque va” She has since a few years a show business section in the most Important tv morning show in Mexican National television: “HOY”. She participated as herself in the soap opera “el triunfo del amor” with the main actor William Levy in 2010. She has her own YouTube channel ShanikTV.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Berman, Shanik 1959 births Living people Mexican television journalists Mexican women journalists Mexican Jews Mexican people of Slovak-Jewish descent