her journalism degree from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, she has studied at the University of Barcelona in Spain. Family history Howard F. Anderson moved his wife and, at the time, his only child to Cuba in 1947, where he ran a small string of family-owned gas stations, factories and a Jeep distributorship. After Fidel Castro took power of the Cuban government in 1959 anti-American sentiment began to grow as the political climate became increasingly volatile. Charged with smuggling arms into Cuba, Howard Anderson was taken into custody by Cuban military forces in March 1961. His summary trial began on April 17, 1961 – the day that the Bay of Pigs invasion was launched. Howard Anderson was sentenced to death less than two hours into his trial, and was the first American to be executed by Fidel Castro’ forces. He died by firing squad on April 19, 1961. He was survived by his wife, Dorothy, and his four children; Gary, Marc, Lee and Bonnie. Other work In 2004 she authored the book, “News Flash – Journalism, Infotainment, and the Bottom-Line Business of Broadcast News.” The book garnered national attention for exposing illegal hiring practices, political cheerleading and ethnocentric coverage in the network news industry. She details how the news networks, in their pursuit of market share and increased profits, favor “infotainment” programming over substantive journalism. She argues that passing infotainment off as news is detrimental to the American public. She offers that integral journalism enables “Americans to make well-informed decisions about how to exercise their rights and responsibilities as citizens.” After leaving CNN, Anderson established The Anderson Media Agency, Inc. which offered a broad range of media-related services for individuals, corporations, government officials and journalists. There, she specialized in coaching in voice control and inflection, pacing, breath control, TelePrompTer reading, confidence building techniques, script writing, anchoring, audio tracking and on-camera performance. An avid angler, Ms. Anderson set a world record on April 4, 2009, when she landed a 151-pound Atlantic Blue Marlin with a 16-pound tippet off the coast of the Dominican Republic. Anderson currently resides in St. Croix US Virgin Islands. References External links TV News Flash Living people 1956 births American expatriates in Cuba Cuban emigrants to the United States Medill School of Journalism alumni American women journalists University of Barcelona alumni Writers from Miami 21st-century American women