Danielle Dithurbide (born 1983) is a Mexican journalist who works for

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

. She currently hosts the ''Despierta con Danielle Dithurbide'' morning program on the company's flagship

Las Estrellas Las Estrellas ("The Stars"; previously El Canal de las Estrellas, or "The Channel of the Stars") is one of the cornerstone networks of TelevisaUnivision, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TDT in Mexico City. Many of the ...

network, having taken over the program in 2019.

Life

Dithurbide was born in Mexico City and studied history at the

Universidad Iberoamericana The Ibero-American University ( es, Universidad Iberoamericana), also referred to by its acronym ''UIA'' but commonly known as ''Ibero'' or ''La Ibero'') is a private, Catholic, Mexican higher education institution, sponsored by the Mexican provi ...

. However, her passion for journalism had started in high school, after she watched news coverage of the

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on the United States. She then earned a diploma in radio and television from the School of Journalism and Art for Radio and Television (PART). From 2006 to 2010, she worked at

TV Azteca TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as some local operators. It owns two national ...

, producing investigative reports and hosting news programs on

Proyecto 40 XHTVM-TDT (virtual channel 40) is a television station in Mexico City, owned by Televisora del Valle de México and operated by TV Azteca. It is branded as ''adn40'' and available over the air in much of Mexico on TV Azteca's transmitters. Progr ...

. Dithurbide joined Televisa in 2010, soon joining the network's investigative unit. Several reports, including a 2011 story on sexual trafficking, a 2012 piece on mental health prisons and a 2014 item on the migration of children, were recipients of the . In January 2016, Dithurbide was named the Director of International Information for

Noticieros Televisa Noticieros Televisa (branded as N+ after the Televisa-Univision merge) is the news division of Grupo Televisa, which produces national and local news for Televisa's TV channels and local stations across Mexico. It was headed by Leopoldo Gómez ...

; that same year, she began hosting a morning newscast on

FOROtv Foro (English: "Forum"), is a broadcast news television channel owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is seen on most Mexican cable systems and full-time on two stations in Mexico, including XHTV-TDT in Mexico City, with selected programs airing on Tele ...

Frida Sofía scandal

In the wake of the earthquake on 19 September 2017, Dithurbide became caught up in a story that turned out to be fake at one of the epicenters of the story. At the collapsed Colegio Rébsamen elementary school, she reported that a child, , was still alive in the rubble. Coverage centered for hours on the supposedly trapped child; Dithurbide reported that rescuers were "in contact" with her, giving her something to drink. It was later learned that there was nobody alive in the collapsed school; Dithurbide blamed an inaccurate report from

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officials assisting in the rescue effort. As the story had gone viral on social media, Dithurbide came under heavy criticism for the false report.

''Despierta''

After Carlos Loret de Mola left Televisa television to do work exclusively on radio, Dithurbide was named his replacement on the ''Despierta'' morning program in September 2019. Dithurbide's selection meant that the majority of Televisa's news programs across its channels were hosted by women.

References

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