Silva has indeed been one of the most familiar figures on local TV for decades, and one of the more familiar voices before that, at WLIR-FM. Silva also said, "my experience with Altice has been a very good one, and they didn't want me to leave as long as I have enough energy, I still feel I can go do something else and do it at my leisure." But there was something in the pit of my stomach that said, 'I wonder if you really mean it?' That was the first time I really questioned it."īy clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. In a phone interview Friday, Silva said "it was about a month ago that I was having breakfast with one of my brothers and his wife and my husband, and Brian leaned over and said, 'when are you going to retire.' And I had always said whenever I was asked that - 'two years.' That was always my answer. There's a lot more to life and other projects I'm going to look at." My daughter's getting married - that's going to be amazing - and I want to explore the world beyond 516 and 631. Later, alongside another News 12 charter member, Doug Geed, she said "I've decided it's almost time to start sleeping beyond 2:15 in the morning and spend more time with my family. show she anchors with Elizabeth Hashagen. "This is a big moment for me," she said during "Mornings with 12," the 4:30 a.m.
Silva, 64, said she would leave her role as morning anchor in December. Ruiz, who arrived in Phoenix in July to co-anchor weeknight newscasts, said her television station, KPNX, has been very supportive of her choice of pronunciations.Carol Silva, one of the best-known members of News 12 Long Island's on-air reporting team, announced her retirement Thursday morning after more than 30 years at the channel.
“I feel lucky and fortunate to have lived in places where something like this is just simply not an issue.” “Hispanics in this country are feeling a little bit attacked, perhaps a little bit antagonized,” she said. Ruiz, who is bilingual, said the immigration debate and controversial comments made by GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump may have contributed to the fervor. Yes, in Miami and Los Angeles, not Arizona. I’ve been a journalist working in both English and Spanish for 15 years. She said she was surprised by the reaction of some viewers who had complained about how she rolled her Rs and pronounced other Spanish words. Ruiz, 35, was born in Miami and grew up in Colombia. “Certainly, I would hope that anybody out there that is bilingual, or multicultural, no matter where they’re from, would feel that same way.” But at the same time, I love my salsa, and I love speaking Spanish, and I’m very proud of my Latin roots,” Ruiz said. I grew up watching MTV and the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. “I am a proud American I grew up in the country. In the aftermath of her on-air proclamation over pronunciation style, she said she hopes her bilingual message has gotten across to Arizona viewers. “I do like to pronounce certain words the way they are meant to be pronounced, and I know that change can be difficult,” she told her audience on a live broadcast. Vanessa Ruiz admitted she was floored by the attention her story got since she told Channel 12 viewers last week she wanted to pronounce Spanish words in Spanish. Vanessa Ruiz got attention after she told Channel 12 viewers last week she wanted to pronounce Spanish words in Spanish.Ī misunderstanding over pronunciations has one Phoenix television news anchor not only reporting news, but also making it.
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