Anaridis Rodriguez
{{Short description|American journalist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anaridis Rodriguez-Starnino
| birth_name = Anaridis M. Rodriguez
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Dominican Republic
| education = • B.A. in communications and Spanish at Rhode Island College
• M.A. in journalism at Emerson College
| occupation = Journalist
| employer = CBS Boston - WBZ TV
| spouse = Jesse Starnino (2012–present)
| partner =
| children =
}}
Anaridis Rodriguez-Starnino is an American journalist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/tv/tvshows/anaridis-rodriguez |title=Anaridis Rodriguez - weather.com |access-date=2014-04-09 |archive-date=2014-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409094445/http://www.weather.com/tv/tvshows/anaridis-rodriguez |url-status=dead }} From 2017 to 2022 she anchored and reported for the CBS owned-and-operated WBZ-TV in Boston.{{Cite web|url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/personality/anaridis-rodriguez/|title = Anaridis Rodriguez}} The journalist also worked for The Weather Channel. She is the former news anchor on America's Morning Headquarters.[http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/2014/03/14/the-weather-channel-reimagines-morning/HPdbgigEbPRygSGAWSTXK/story.html The Weather Channel reimagines Morning] {{dead link|date=March 2023}}
Career
During her time at Emerson College, Rodriguez contributed articles to The Boston Globe's hyper-local website "YourTown." Her college work garnered multiple Associated Press awards. Upon graduating in 2011, Rodriguez was hired as an anchor/reporter for WWLP-TV ; an NBC affiliate in western Massachusetts. Aside from her daily beat as a weekday reporter and weekend anchor, she covered the aftermath of a historic tornado and the Boston Marathon bombings. In February 2014, she was hired by The Weather Channel as a news anchor for the network's flagship morning show, America's Morning Headquarters. On February 24, 2017, she announced she is leaving the Channel to spend more time with her family.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediamoves.com/2017/03/anaridis-rodriguez-joins-wbz-weekend-morning-anchor.html|title = Anaridis Rodríguez joins WBZ as weekend morning anchor|date = 22 March 2017}}{{cite tweet|number=839638412248363008|user=Anaridis|title=Thank you! |date=9 March 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/03/21/anaridis-rodriguez-wbz-tv-weekend-morning-anchor/|title=Anaridis Rodriguez Joins WBZ-TV as Weekend Morning Anchor|date=21 March 2017}}
Rodriguez joined CBS Boston as an anchor/reporter in April 2017. She exited the station in April of 2022. In 2023 she joined the Providence, Rhode Island–based public relations firm The Perry Group where she serves as a Vice President. Concurrently with her PR duties, in January of 2024 she became host of Generation Rising on Rhode Island PBS.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ripbs.org/blogs/bird-wire/rodrigueznesi/|title=Award-Winning Journalists Ted Nesi and Anaridis Rodriguez to Contribute to Rhode Island PBS|date=December 13, 2023}}
Early life and education
Rodriguez was born in the Dominican Republic and immigrated to the United States at age 12 with her family.
She has a Master's degree in journalism from Emerson College and a Bachelor's degree in communications and Spanish at Rhode Island College.{{Cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/tv/tvshows/anaridis-rodiguez|title=TV Shows: Anaridis Rodriguez |access-date=2014-04-09 }}
Personal life
Rodriguez married Jesse J. Starnino on October 6, 2012. They have one child, a son.[http://www.providencejournal.com/features/lifestyle/weddings/content20130901/anaridis-m.-rodriguez--jesse-j.-starnino.ece Providence Journal] {{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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