Enrique Acevedo

Enrique Acevedo
Born (1978-03-06) March 6, 1978
Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality Mexican
Alma mater Tec de Monterrey (ITESM) Campus Monterrey / Columbia University
Occupation News Anchor, Univision
Known for News Anchor at Univision News Correspondent Mexican Journalists Hispanic Journalists

Enrique Acevedo (born March 6, 1978) is a Mexican journalist. He is the anchor of the award-winning Noticiero Univision late-night edition, and a special correspondent for Fusion.[1] He has covered major news stories from around the world for print, broadcast and online media in English and Spanish including the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.[2] The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa,[3] the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the drug war in Mexico and Latin America, and the Boston Marathon bombings[4] He has interviewed heads of state and global influencers like President Barack Obama, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Melinda Gates and Desmond Tutu, among many others.[5]

Career

He joined Univision from NBC-Telemundo[6] where he served as special correspondent and anchor[7] 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.[8] He also hosted La Otra Agenda,[9] 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.[10]

Recognitions and studies

Acevedo has a Masters Degree in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism [11] and a BA in International Relations from El Tec de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey.[12] He's been awarded the National Journalism prize by Mexico's Press Club on two occasions[13] In 2014 Acevedo was nominated for The News & Documentary Emmy® Award and 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.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Award-Winning Journalist Enrique Acevedo to Anchor Univision’s Late Evening News. Corporate.univision.com. Retrieved on November 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ Video – Enrique Acevedo regresa de Sendai. Msnlatino.telemundo.com. Retrieved on November 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ Video – Enrique Acevedo en Mozambique. noticias.univision.com
  4. ↑ The Reporter Who Captured the Boston Marathon Bombing. Abcnews.go.com (April 16, 2013). Retrieved on 2015-11-24.
  5. ↑ Video – President Barack Obama sat down with Enrique Acevedo in Cartagena (complete interview) Archived November 21, 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Telemundo adds talent to network news team. Mediamoves.com. Retrieved on November 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ Telemundo hires top news talent. Diversity.nbcuni.com. Retrieved on November 24, 2015.
  8. ↑ Los Reporteros. Esmas.com. Retrieved on November 24, 2015.
  9. ↑ Un Foro para todos. publimetro.com.mx
  10. ↑ Un Día en la Montaña por Enrique Acevedo. Reforma.vlex.com.mx. Retrieved on November 24, 2015.
  11. ↑ Columbia University Journalism School Alumni and Friends. Journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved on November 24, 2015.
  12. ↑ ITESM Destacan Egresados del Campus Monterrey. Itesm.edu. Retrieved on November 24, 2015.
  13. ↑ Callejas, Juan. Club de Periodistas de mÉxico, A.c.. scribd.com
  14. ↑ Yuan, Martha. Enrique Acevedo 100 great stories by Columbia journalists. Centennial.journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved on November 24, 2015.

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