Denise Maerker
Denise Maerker Salmón is a Mexican journalist who currently anchors the flagship 10 En Punto nightly newscast for Televisa.
She studied economics and social science at the University of Louvain in Belgium. She earned a bachelor of laws, master in political science, and PhD in comparative political systems at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Host of the newscast Punto de Partida of Televisa and until June 30, 2016, she participated in the program Tercer Grado on the same channel.
She writes a column for El Universal newspaper and hosts a radio program on Radio Fórmula.
After the departure of Joaquín López-Dóriga from the nightly news on Las Estrellas, Televisa announced on May 30, 2016 that Denise Maerker would be his replacement beginning on August 22. Prior to hosting the nightly newscast, Maerker had previously been a panelist on the Televisa discussion program Tercer Grado and hosted the Punto de Partida program. Previously, she had worked at CNI Canal 40, where her co-anchor was Ciro Gómez Leyva—now a competitor on Imagen Televisión.
