Carleth Keys
Carleth Keys (born Carleth Revete; pronounced car-LET) is a journalist, news anchor/reporter, and a TV host in New York, New York, USA. She was born and raised in Venezuela.
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[edit] TV News
Carleth Keys is a prime time news anchor for NY1 Noticias,[1] a 24-hour local cable news channel that broadcasts in NYC.
She's also the host for the fashion and celebrity show De Moda,[2] a Webcast in Spanish that runs in Yahoo! en Español.[3]
Before moving to NY, Keys was the news anchor and managing editor for Bay News 9 En Español which broadcasts in the Tampa Bay area.
[edit] Print
Keys started her journalistic career as a reporter for El Nacional [4] newspaper in Caracas, Venezuela. Once in the US, she wrote for a trilingual newspaper in Ybor City, Florida, called La Gaceta.[5]
[edit] Other work
She played herself as a Spanish news anchor in the 2004 movie The Punisher [6]
[edit] Awards and recognition
In 2008, Carleth Keys was portrayed as one of the most outstanding Venezuelans abroad by El Universal newspaper, in its 99th anniversary edition.[7]
She has also been nominated and has won several awards:
- AP Florida Awards 2006 [8] winner of the best short hard feature
- 2003 Hispanic Media Woman of the Year as named by the Tampa Hispanic Heritage Committee [9]
- 2004 Suncoast Chapter [10] Emmy nomination for best series
- Finalist for the Tampa Bay Business Journal's 2004 Business Woman of the Year Award in Media
[edit] Background
Carleth was born in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. In 2000, she moved to Tampa, Florida, and in 2007, she moved to New York City.
