Enrique Acevedo

Enrique Acevedo, 37, is a Mexican journalist. He's the anchor of Noticiero Univision late night edition since April 2012.^[1] Throughout his career, Acevedo has covered major news events including the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.^[2] HIV/AIDS in Africa,^[3] the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the Mexican Drug War the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting^[4] the Boston Marathon bombings^[5] and the 6th Summit of the Americas where he interviewed President Barack Obama.^[6] He currently lives in Miami, Florida.

Career

He joined Univision from NBC-Telemundo^[7] where he served as special correspondent and anchor^[8] in English and Spanish. Prior to that, he worked as a senior reporter on Televisa's special investigations unit and the network's investigative news magazine show: Los Reporteros.^[9] He also hosted La Otra Agenda,^[10] a daily news program on ForoTV, Televisa’s 24-hr cable news channel. Before joining Televisa, he was a national affairs reporter and special projects editor at Reforma one of the most influential newspapers in Latin America.^[11]

Recognitions and studies

Acevedo has a Masters Degree in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism ^[12] and a BA in International Relations from El Tec de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey.^[13] He's been recognized with the National Journalism Award by Mexico's Press Club on two occasions^[14] and is also the recipient of the Pagues Llergo prize.^[15] He serves on the editorial board of the London based electronic newspaper, The Periscope Post and has written dozens of articles in newspapers, magazines and online media both in English and Spanish. He's coverage of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan was included as one of the "100 great stories" compiled by Columbia University for the journalism school centennial celebration.^[16]

External links

• Enrique Acevedo on Twitter
• Enrique Acevedo World Economic Forum
• Enrique Acevedo's contributions - ABC/Univision
• Enrique Acevedo's contributions - The Periscope Post
• Enrique Acevedo en Letras Libres
• Enrique Acevedo en La Razón
• Immigration Shows How Politics Drive Policy
• Mexico’s future starts with rule of law and education reform
• Change for the Better: Mexico's Telecommunications
• Enrique Acevedo Tapped as Univision Late Evening News Anchor - TV Newser
• Univision Noticias Edicion Nocturna outperforms all ABC,CBS and NBC Late-Night Shows - TV by the Numbers
• (Spanish) Enrique Acevedo sobre su pase a Univision: 'Buscaba una plataforma más importante' - Huffington Post
• (Spanish) Enrique Acevedo se une al equipo de Noticias Univision

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