Cynthia Hudson is an American journalist from Los Angeles, California currently working as a senior vice president and managing director of CNN en Español and Hispanic strategy for CNN/U.S.

Cynthia Hudson Biography

Hudson is an American journalist from Los Angeles, California currently working as a senior vice president and managing director of CNN en Español and Hispanic strategy for CNN/U.S.

She is in charge of the CNN en Espaol 24/7 television news networks, CnnEspaol.com, and CNN en Espaol Radio, as well as all areas of CNN’s Spanish-language media enterprises, including newsgathering, editorial content, programming, production, operations, and people.

Hudson launched CNN Radio Argentina in the first quarter of 2019, a radio network that is available in 120 cities and 23 provinces in Argentina. In April, she launched Proyecto Ser Humano, CNN en Espanol’s multi-platform anti-discrimination campaign (The Humanity Project). The initiative tells the tales of people who have been discriminated against and those who are fighting for more inclusion.

Hudson collaborated on The Proyecto Ser Humano’s official theme song alongside Emilio Estefan, music, television, and film producer, and Grammy winner Gian Marco.
Hudson was also awarded the “Human Merit Award for a Cause of Peace” by Peru’s Ricardo Palma University in 2019 for her anti-discrimination initiative, Proyecto Ser Humano. She received the PRODU Golden Awards the same year in appreciation of her efforts to strengthen Spanish-language content in the television industry.

Hudson extended CNN en Espanol’s TV and digital operations in Argentina and Mexico in 2018, as well as the role of Cross-platform Content across all platforms, in order to maintain the brand’s digital and social growth.

However, when she took over as president of CNN en Espaol in 2010, she launched the network’s multi-platform operation, which included additional feeds for Latin America, Mexico, and the US Hispanic market, as well as a new logo, branding, and content. 

She rebranded the channel as a program-based network and added studio production in Miami, as well as growing production in Mexico, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles. Hudson introduced fresh talent and popular programs like Café CNN, Conclusiones, CNN Dinero, Camilo, Fuentes Confiables, Nuestro Mundo, En Dialogo con Longobardi, and others, as well as unique documentaries, investigative series, and live programming.

Hudson developed CNNEspaol.com in 2011 and redirected resources to build CNN en Espanol’s top Spanish-language News Social Platforms on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms. She also developed the radio business to include affiliates in the Hispanic market in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. 

In 2014, CNN en Espaol launched its cross-platform branded sales strategy, which has resulted in the creation of immersive large-scale event coverage, such as the Summits of the Americas in Cartagena, Panama, and Peru, the Olympics, S X SW, Via del Mar, and our award-winning electoral coverage in over 30 countries.

For her commitment to the cause of democracy, she received the Lech Walesa Media Award (2015). Hudson has spoken at a variety of industry events, including The Festival of Media, NAHJ, Hispanicize, AHAA, and Harvard Women in Business, as well as serving on panels.
Ms. Hudson was named one of the 50 Hispanic Floridians that are leading the way in the business community in 2019.

Hudson worked for SBS as a chief creative officer and executive vice president, as well as managing director of Mega TV, before joining CNN en Espaol. She was in charge of SBS’ expansion, directing the company’s flagship TV network Mega TV, as well as the company’s website lamusica.com and other new media initiatives. She also oversaw SBS’s strategic expansion across many media platforms and the creation of branded entertainment synergies across all SBS holdings, including the “radio on TV” formats. Mega TV grew dramatically under her leadership, earning the network 27 EMMY honors.

Hudson was the senior vice president and editorial director of Cosmopolitan Television (a division of Hearst Entertainment and Syndication Group) from 1997 to 2005, where he oversaw the creation and development of the Cosmopolitan TV Networks, which included Canal Cosmopolitan Iberia and Canal Cosmopolitan Latin America, as well as the foundation for Cosmo TV Canada. She was in charge of Cosmo TV’s research, development, and creation, including original program design, on-air packaging, marketing, and program acquisitions, as well as the conception and production of original formats and the networks’ overall business strategy.

Promark’s internationally successful English-language American telenovela, Miami Sands, was likewise written and created by Hudson.

Hudson was previously the senior vice president of programming and creative services for United International Holding’s joint venture channel provider, United Family Communications (UFC), which is now Cello/AMC networks Latin America. She founded Casa Club TV, Latin America’s first pan-regional Home channel, while at UIH.
From 1992 until 1994, Hudson was the Telemundo Network’s vice president of programming and production.

During her tenure, the network overhauled its programming portfolio and established its own in-house telenovela production unit, including hits like “Tres Destinos,” a prime-time scripted drama series that premiered in 1994.

Hudson worked for the Univision Network from 1984 to 1992 in several productions and executive capacities, including Executive Producer of “TV Mujer” (“TV Woman”), the first daytime U.S. Hispanic magazine show, which won Univision its first Emmy Award for continuing series production. Hudson began her career as a news producer and reporter at Univision station WLTV 23, where she worked in a variety of roles ranging from reporting to production and management.

Hudson is a Director on the board of The National Epilepsy Foundation and has served as a Director and now Vice President of the University of Miami Alumni Association. Cynthia is also a member of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library of New York’s Advisory Council and the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Board of Directors.

CNN en Espaol has won three National Emmys, three GLAAD Awards, four Promax Awards, and most recently, the 2018 PromaxIMPACT Award Awarded to a cultural influencer for their work and continued IMPACT on multicultural awareness, embracing, and engaging diverse audiences within the entertainment marketing industry under Hudson’s leadership.

Cynthia Hudson was also honored with the 2018 Leading Ladies of Entertainment award by The Latin Recording Academy® during the most recent “Latin Grammy Week” in Las Vegas, Nevada. This association acknowledges and recognizes professional women in the arts and entertainment industries who have left a lasting impression and made substantial contributions to their careers.

Hudson also won an honorable mention for Best Multi-Platform Campaign for Social Coverage of the Venezuelan Crisis at the Shorty Awards. As Executive Producer of the documentary A Trip with Fidel, which aired in over 35 countries around the world, she was nominated for an International Emmy Award.

Cynthia received a Presidential Award from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) in 2016 for her unrelenting devotion to journalism, the pursuit of the truth, and her leadership in the field.

Hudson was named one of the 50 Most Powerful Latinas Running a Leading Global Company by Fortune Magazine in 2017 and 2019, and she was named a top influential minority leader in the communications business by Cablefax. Hudson has won eight Emmy Awards and has been named one of the most powerful Hispanics in Poder, CableFax, Hispanic Target, and other influential publications. She was named one of the People en Espanol’s most powerful women (2009), as well as one of the most powerful Hispanics in Poder, CableFax, Hispanic Target, and other influential publications.

She is a proud graduate of the University of Miami where she obtained a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Communications. In addition, she is fluent in English and Spanish and proficient in French.

Cynthia Hudson Age

Hudson was born in 1964 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Cynthia Hudson Family

She manages to keep her family away from the public. Cynthia shares no information in relation to her parents or siblings if she has any. An update of this information will be out when available.

Cynthia Hudson Husband

She manages to keep her dating life away from the limelight. However, chances are she has been in marriage for she has a daughter. An update of this information will be out when available.

Cynthia Hudson Children

Hudson has a daughter named Leila Victoria who recently turned 21. However, she shares no more information in relation to her daughter, and or whether she has any other children.

Cynthia Hudson Height

She is approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall which is about 1.68 meters.

Cynthia Hudson Salary

She earns an estimated annual salary ranging between $10,000 to $1000,000.

Cynthia Hudson Net Worth

Cynthia has an estimated net worth of between $150,000-$2,000,000.

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