On Friday at New York's crossroads of the world, Times Square, awarding-winning news anchor and correspondent Maria Hinojosa promoted her new documentary series, "America by the Numbers."

The national documentary series launching in fall 2014 will feature eight half-hour episodes looking at the changing racial, cultural and social landscape of America. The series will premiere on Thursday, Oct. 2 on WORLD channel, and on PBS starting Saturday, Oct. 4.

"I was born in Mexico City and raised in Chicago and then came to New York 35 years ago. The America that I have lived in is very organic for me, it makes a lot of sense, but it is not like I see that America reflected in the media, and as a journalist I have always fought very hard to tell these stories about the America that I know, which is a pretty much diverse America," Hinojosa told Latin Post.

"But sometimes what happens in mainstream media is they feel like, 'What's the story? It has already been told -- there's nothing new here.' As a journalist I knew that there was a story here. I understood that the demographic changes that we're living through right now are historic for our country. So after I was able to form my own company I decided I wanted to tell these stories, and I didn't give up and we are now eight half-hours on PBS staring in October. Basically doing journalism about what I believe is one of the greatest historical moments in the country, where we are truly becoming a different America -- where white America will not be the majority, and it's fascinating."

The series, created by Hinojosa's media company, Futuro Media Group, will reveal the human face behind the change in population, using infographics, analysis and storytelling to show how the growing numbers of Asians, Latinos, African-Americans, mixed race people, immigrants, women, youth and LGBT people -- "the new American mainstream" -- has been and will influence elections, commerce and culture in contemporary life.

"When I would travel and I would see this really diverse America, then I'd hear all of these issues about people fighting against this change. I would say but that doesn't jive with what I am seeing when I travel around the country, and so it was a nice way to be able to put journalism to my experience of having traveled around the country," said Hinojosa.

"And I think oftentimes media in our country, not only is it run by a small homogenous group, mostly of white men, but that making something that is controversial is sexier for news, Hinojosa said. "I am not interested in pouring fire on this flame of America becoming a multicultural majority country. What I am interested in doing is saying let's talk about this, let's own this, let's not be afraid about it. Yes, there are lots of power structures that are going to change, and it's going to be difficult, but we have to open up the conversation. And so often in our country conversations around race, diversity, change, power have not been there and have been shied away from, and we are saying this is not to shy away from, we have to talk about this."

Hinojosa said there will be change because the multicultural population wants a seat at the table on the Sunday morning political shows, in political representation, and inclusion in policy decisions, because without that diversity, media companies, governments and police departments look out of touch.

"What we do know with Latinos and others, they turn it off if they don't see themselves represented. I see myself doing that. That's why I created a television series where we are all there, all of us," said Hinojosa.