Denise Maerker Salmón (born January 8, 1965 in
Mexico City
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,
Mexico
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) is a
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journalist who currently anchors the flagship ''En punto con Denise Maerker'' nightly newscast for
Televisa
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In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...
, and has served on the company's Board of Directors since April 2022.
She studied
economics
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and
social science
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at the
University of Louvain
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(UCLouvain) in
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. She earned a master in
political science
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, and
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in comparative political systems at the
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in
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.
After returning to Mexico, Maerker was a research professor and director of communication at the
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE). She entered into the world of journalism in 1997, appearing alongside
Ciro Gómez Leyva
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on
CNI Canal 40, who is now a competitor on
Imagen Televisión
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.
After the departure of
Joaquín López-Dóriga
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from the nightly news on
Las Estrellas
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, Televisa announced on May 30, 2016 that Maerker would be his replacement beginning on August 22. Prior to hosting the nightly newscast, she had been a panelist on the Televisa discussion program ''Tercer Grado'' and hosted the ''Punto de Partida'' program.
Tercer grado, el show de los periodistas. Milenio
/ref> Maerker was subsequently appointed to the Board of Directors of Grupo Televisa
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on April 5, 2022.Radio Fórmula
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It is the flagship product of Grupo Fórmula, which al ...
.
References
External links
Biography
1965 births
Living people
People from Mexico City
Mexican journalists
Mexican news anchors
University of Paris alumni
Université catholique de Louvain alumni
Mexican people of Jewish descent
Mexican people of German descent
Mexican women journalists
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