Enrique Acevedo

Enrique Acevedo (born March 6, 1978) is an award-winning correspondent for the new 60 Minutes program 60 in 6. He is the first Latino correspondent in the 52-year history of the 60 Minutes brand.[1]

Enrique Acevedo
Born (1978-03-06) March 6, 1978
Mexico City, Mexico
NationalityMexican American
EducationColumbia University / Tec de Monterrey (ITESM) Campus Monterrey
OccupationJournalist, CBS News
Known forCorrespondent at 60 Minutes 60 in 6 News Anchor at Univision News Correspondent Mexican Journalists Hispanic Journalists

Education

Acevedo has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[2] He was a Pritzker Fellow at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics in 2019.[3]

Career

Acevedo has covered the news around the world for print, broadcast and digital media, including Fidel Castro's funeral in Cuba,[4] the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan,[5] the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa,[6] the humanitarian crisis in Haiti and the drug wars in Mexico and Latin America. During the 2016 presidential cycle he co-moderated Univision's Democratic Debate and led the network's electoral coverage along Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos.[7]

He has interviewed President Barack Obama,[8] philanthropist Melinda Gates, Nobel Peace Prize winners Jody Williams, Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan and Juan Manuel Santos.

During his almost 10 years as the anchor of Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna, the newscast became one the most-watched Spanish-language broadcasts in the U.S.[9] His work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post , El Pais, Reforma, Milenio, Letras Libres, Fusion and The New York Review of Magazines. He's a frequent contributor on NPR's Here and Now. He co-wrote and co-produced the documentary 30 Segundos about young Latinx voters and the 2016 presidential election.[10]

Recognitions and studies

His work in Japan was featured as part of the Journalism School's centennial celebration in a book commemorating the best 100 stories in the last century. He's the recipient of a News & Documentary Emmy Award in the Outstanding Newscast or News Magazine category. In 2019 he was the recipient of the News Literacy Project’s John S. Carroll Journalist of the Year Award for his contributions to News Literacy and identifying bias in news.[11] He's also been awarded the National Journalism prize by Mexico's Press Club on two occasions[12]

He's been recognized as one of the "Top Latinos in American Newsrooms," by the Huffington Post .[13] and a "Global Media Leader," by the World Economic Forum .[14]

Personal life

On November 29, 2014, he married Florentina Romo in San Miguel de Allende.[15]

References
  2. Columbia University Journalism School Alumni and Friends Archived May 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved on November 24, 2015.
  5. Video – Enrique Acevedo regresa de Sendai. Msnlatino.telemundo.com. Retrieved on November 24, 2015. Archived January 23, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Video – Enrique Acevedo en Mozambique. noticias.univision.com
  7. https://www.mic.com/articles/137538/this-heartbreaking-moment-in-the-democratic-debate-had-nothing-to-do-with-the-candidates
  8. Video – President Barack Obama sat down with Enrique Acevedo in Cartagena (complete interview)
  9. Award-Winning Journalist Enrique Acevedo to Anchor Univision’s Late Evening News. Corporate.univision.com. Retrieved on November 24, 2015.
  12. Callejas, Juan. Club de Periodistas de mÉxico, A.c.. scribd.com
  15. Fridmann, Mandy (December 1, 2014). "Toda la romántica boda de Enrique Acevedo". Huffington Post.
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