Last Updated on: 10th May 2025, 06:36 pm
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Giselle Fernández is a television journalist, anchor, producer, and author, famous for her extensive career in both local and national news. As of 2025, she anchors the weekday afternoon program Rush Hour on Spectrum News 1 Southern California and hosts the Emmy Award-winning series L.A. Stories with Giselle Fernandez, which profiles influential figures shaping the community. (giselle.com)
Fernández began her TV career in 1983 with positions at KRDO-TV in Colorado Springs and KEYT-TV in Santa Barbara. In 1985, she joined KTLA in Los Angeles as a reporter and weekend anchor.
She became nationally famous with roles at CBS News and NBC News, serving as a correspondent and anchor for programs such as CBS Early Show, CBS Evening News, Today, and NBC Nightly News. Notably, she was the first Latina to anchor her own Sunday edition of NBC Nightly News. (giselle.com)
From 1996 to 1999, she was on Access Hollywood.
In 2018, she joined Spectrum News 1 Southern California, initially anchoring Your Morning. In August 2024, she transitioned to the afternoon slot with the launch of Rush Hour.
She is the president of Skinny Hippo Productions
Fernández has received multiple Emmy Awards.
She was born on May 15, 1961, in Mexico City and moved to East Los Angeles at four years old.
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Government from California State University, Sacramento, in 1982.
WORK
KTLA
KTLA Morning News
EXTERNAL LINKS
http://www.giselle.com