Alicia Menendez is the Anchor and Correspondent at MSNBC.. Alicia Menendez is a journalist and multimedia storyteller. Named Broadcast Journalism’s New Gladiator by Elle Magazine, Ms. Millennial by The Washington Post and a Content Queen by Marie Claire, Menendez has quickly become a force in American media. She currently works as a co-host of. “Amanpour & Co.,” a global affairs show which airs on PBS and CNNI; and a contributing editor at Bustle, the largest media property for millennial women. She is also the host and co-executive producer of the “Latina to Latina” podcast, currently in its second season. Her first book, “The Likeability Trap,” will be published by Harper Collins Business this fall.. Previously, Menendez worked at Fusion TV, as the host of a nightly news and pop culture show. In its first year on air, “Alicia Menendez Tonight” was honored with a Gracie Award for Outstanding Talk Show. In addition to her nightly show, Menendez produced and hosted a one-hour prime-time special “Generation in Crisis,” for which she traveled to El Salvador, Rwanda and a Syrian refugee camp in Northern Jordan. During the 2016 presidential primaries, Menendez co-moderated the “Iowa Brown and Black Forum,” pressing the Democratic hopefuls on issues of importance to Latino and African-American communities. Menendez has also contributed reporting to “Vice News Tonight” on HBO, ABC’s “Nightline” and “World News Tonight,” as well as ABC’s Emmy-nominated 2014 Election Night coverage, and shared her spirited take on current events on “Good Morning America,” “This Week,” “The View” and “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.”. A native of Union City, N.J., and a graduate of Harvard, she lives in Miami with her husband and daughter.
