Jorge Ramos
Background
Jorge Ramos was born on March 16, 1958 in New Mexico, Mexico. He is one of them most influential journalists in the Latinx community. Ramos graduated from Universidad Iberoamericana, one of the most prestigious schools in Latin America, here he received his bachelor’s degree in Communications. A few years later, Ramos came to the U.S has a student and received a master’s degree from the University of Miami in International Studies. He has two kids, one of which decided to follow in his footsteps-Paola Ramos- and has become a journalist who has served in the Obama administration and works for the network Vice. Jorge Ramos is also an agnostic, which shocked many in the Hispanic community, he says that as a child he was abused in the catholic schools he attended.
What makes him a hero/ His work?
Ramos has been an advocate for many people who don't always have a voice in the United States. Throughout his career he was met with many different political figures to discuss Hispanic issues and has at times called them out for their actions. A prime example of this is former president Barack Obama at an immigration forum in 2012, because Obama had broken a promise of giving immigrants a reform in his first year of presidency.
Jorge Ramos has interviewed many leaders of the world such as "Mitt Romney, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Harry Reid, Newt Gingrich, John McCain, John Edwards, Al Gore, George Bush Sr., John Kerry, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez, Felipe Calderon and dozens of Latin American presidents." This has helped the Hispanic community, a lot of which don't speak Spanish keep up with important news going on not only in the U.S but also around the world. During his time at Univision he has become the anchorman of Noticiero Univision (since 1986), the host of "Al Punto"-which discuses different topics and issues from recent events- and the host of "Show Me Something."
Aside from interviewing important people, Ramos has also covered historic events: Five wars and witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall, the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, the attacks of 9/11 and the catastrophe of hurricane Katrina. He was also detained by the Venezuelan government when trying to have an interview with dictator Nicolás Maduro. While in Venezuela, his camera equipment, video footage, and phones were confiscated, and he was later deported.
In 2015, Ramos had an altercation with president Donald Trump, after trying to ask a question Ramos was kicked out of the press room but was later to come back in. This sparked even more controversy for Donald Trump within the Hispanic community because Jorge Ramos is very well-known and loved by the community.
He has written 13 bestsellers books: “Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era”, “Take a Stand; Lessons from Rebels”, “Behind the Mask”, “What I Saw”, “The Other Face of America”, “Hunting the Lion”, his autobiography “No Borders: a Journalist’s Search for Home”, “The Latino Wave”, “Dying to Cross”, “The Gift of Time; Letters from a Father”, “A Country for All; An Immigrant Manifesto”, “Los Presidenciables” and a children’s book “I’m Just Like My Dad/I’m Just Like My Mom”. In these books Ramos talks about many different things but the biggest would have to be immigration. There is also a book club "Despierta Leyendo", that was founded by Ramos. It is the first book club win Hispanic television. He started this to help more of the Hispanic community with literacy.
He writes for Univision in his weekly column and also has a website where he also writes, but more sore opinions on events happening around the world.
Awards
Ramos has received 8 Emmy awards because of his journalism. He has also received awards from Radio Television Digital News Association, The National Press Foundation, Journalists' Club of Mexico, Commonwealth Club of California, Columbia University, and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. He was also given an honorary Doctorate of Letters degree from the University of Richmond.
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