HABLA 2011 Award Winners and Photo Gallery

HABLA 2011 Corporate Executive Award Winner
Cynthia Hudson

Cynthia Hudson is senior vice president and general manager of CNN en Español and Hispanic strategy for CNN/U.S. Hudson oversees all aspects, including newsgathering, editorial content, programming, production, operations and personnel, of the CNN en Español 24/7 television network, CNN en Español RADIO and CNNMéxico.com.
 
In addition to an extensive bilingual staff at CNN headquarters in Atlanta, CNN en Español’s operations include a newsgathering and production hub in Mexico City and a fully staffed bureau in Buenos Aires, Spanish-speaking personnel based at the CNN bureaus in Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Jerusalem, and a worldwide network of nearly 50 Spanish-speaking contributing journalists.
 
Before joining CNN en Español, Hudson served as chief creative officer and executive vice president for SBS and managing director of Mega TV. Mega TV saw tremendous growth under her watch and garnered the network 27 EMMY awards in just four years since its launch.  
 
From 1997 to 2005, Hudson served as senior vice president and editorial director of Cosmopolitan Television (a Hearst Entertainment and Syndication Group division), heading up the creation and development of the Cosmopolitan TV Networks, including Canal Cosmopolitan Iberia and Canal Cosmopolitan Latin America. Prior to Cosmopolitan TV, Hudson was senior vice president of programming and creative services for United International Holding’s joint venture channel service, United Family Communications (UFC), now MGM Networks Latin America.
 
Born in Los Angeles, she holds a Masters in Communications from the University of Miami, and is fluent in English and Spanish.