Jorge Ramos
| Jorge Ramos | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Univision |
| Role: | Lead anchor |
| Location: | Miami, Fla. |
| Education: | •Ibero-American University (Mexico) •University of Miami |
| Website: | Official website |
Jorge Ramos is the lead anchor of Noticiero Univision, the primetime Spanish language newscast on Univision. Ramos immigrated to the United States from Mexico in 1983 and became the lead anchor for Univision in 1986. He is the author of 10 books, the most recent of which is A Country for All: An Immigrant Manifesto (2010).[1]
Career
Jorge Ramos immigrated to Los Angeles in 1983 as a student and began working on-air at a Spanish-language radio station.[2] Ramos began his career at Univision in 1986 at the age of 28, when he became lead anchor for Univision's nightly news program.[1] He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2008.[2]
Noticiero Univision is the highest-rated Spanish-language newscast—and one of the most-viewed newscasts overall—in the United States. It regularly draws more than 2 million viewers each evening.[2] Because of his large audience and the trust they have in him, Washington Monthly called Ramos "the biggest, most trusted on-air personality on Spanish-language TV."[3]
Politico classifies Ramos as an "advocacy journalist," one who practices a partisan method of reporting by which many journalists in the past "have made important news without sacrificing their personal views."[4] The issue he is most outspoken about is immigration, leading Sean Spicer—communications director for the Republican party—to tell The New York Times: "he’s more of an advocate than a journalist."[5] Ramos has been a frequent critic of President Barack Obama, who promised comprehensive immigration reform in his first presidential campaign but did not do in his first term.[6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jorge Ramos, "Biography," accessed September 4, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Los Angeles Times, "In taking on Jorge Ramos, Donald Trump may have tussled with the wrong media star," August 26, 2015
- ↑ Washington Monthly, "The Anchor," May/June 2012
- ↑ Politico, "Trump Meets His Match in Jorge Ramos," August 26, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Jorge Ramos, Voice of Latino Voters on Univision, Sends Shiver Through G.O.P.," January 23, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "Obama pressed on failures at forum," September 20, 2012
