Lolita Ayala
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Ayala in 2012
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Dolores Ayala Nieto May 20, 1951 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Broadcast journalist |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Organization | Sólo por Ayudar |
| Television | El Noticiero con Lolita Ayala, La Línea de la Salud |
| Children | 2 |
Dolores Ayala Nieto, better known as Lolita Ayala (born May 20, 1951), is a Mexican journalist and philanthropist from Mexico City. She began her career in television journalism in the early 1970s, at a time when no woman headed a news or informational program in Mexico. In 1974, she was asked to host a segment of the then popular news show 24 Horas, hosted by Jacobo Zabludovsky, who became her mentor. In 1987, she became the main anchor of her own news program, now called El Noticiero con Lolita Ayala which has been on the air since. She also does health information videos for television. She is a member of ten social/charity organizations, with the most important of these being Sólo por Ayudar which she founded in 1985 and Comité Pro Animal which she co-founded in 1992.
Dolores Ayala Nieto, better known for her nickname Lolita, was born on May 20, 1951 in Mexico City. She came from a medical family. Her father, grandfather, uncles and cousins were doctors. She says she was taught by her parents to give to others as they organized charity works. She began college by studying medicine in the United States and then studied radio and television journalism in Rome.
She has been married three times but is single now. She has two children Anibal and Maria Luisa.
Ayala's journalism career began at Teleperiódico, part of the Notimex agency, working with them for sixteen years. In 1971 she appeared on television for the first time on Channel 8 in Mexico City. At that time there were no women in Mexico who headed a news or information show. From 1972 to 1974 she collaborated on news programs such as “En Punto” and “En contacto directo” as well as other kinds of programs such as “Adivine me chamba” and “Cada noche.”
In 1974 she was asked to anchor her own segment on the news show 24 Horas with Jacobo Zabludovsky, an important news show at that time. She worked with Zabludovsky and others on the show for the next twelve years.
In 1987, Zabludovsky retired and then president of Televisa Miguel Alemán Velasco offered Ayala the head anchor position for a news show originally called Muchas noticias, later renamed El Noticiero con Lolita Ayala. This made her the first woman head anchor of an information show in Mexico. The show has been on the air since airing Monday to Friday for a half-hour in the afternoons. It is considered one of the most prestigious news shows. She has worked for Televisa for over forty years.
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