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(CBS) Maggie Rodriguez became a co-anchor of The Early Show on Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. She joined the CBS News broadcast The Saturday Early Show as co-anchor on June 2, 2007. In addition to co-anchoring The Saturday Early Show, Rodriguez reported for and substitute-anchored weekday edition of the broadcast.

Previously, Rodriguez had anchored the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts at WFOR-TV, the CBS-owned station in Miami since August 2000. While there, she reported on and anchored coverage of a wide range of major news events, including many hurricanes and, from New York, the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. She also was first on the air with coverage of the transfer of power in Cuba from Fidel Castro to his brother, Raul. The newscast later received an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for its coverage of that story.

Rodriguez' alma mater, the University of Miami, awarded her the first-ever "Alpha Epsilon Rho Professional of the Year Award," its top honor for professionals in the communication industry. She also is the recipient of the Hispanic Heritage Council’s prestigious "Young Hispanic Leadership Award" for professional accomplishments and community service.


Rodriguez was born in Miami and grew up in South Florida. She attended American University in Washington and graduated from the University of Miami in 1991 with a degree in broadcast journalism and Spanish.