Jorge Ramos Awarded David Brinkley Award For Excellence In Communication.
January 11, 2003
Jorge Ramos, co-anchor for ‘Noticiero Univision’ (Univision Network’s national newscast), has been selected as this year’s recipient of the David Brinkley Award for Excellence in Communication, bestowed by Barry University in Miami, Florida.
Jorge Ramos is one of the most respected journalists in the United States and in the 13 Latin American countries where his newscast is seen every night. During his career he has won seven Emmy Awards, Columbia University’s 2001 Maria Moors Cabot Prize, and the 2002 Ronald H. Brown Award from the National Child Labor Committee. Ramos is considered one of the most influential Hispanics in the U.S. and is the author of five books, the most recent of which is “No Borders; A Journalist’s Search for Home.”
Past recipients of the Barry University David Brinkley Award for Excellence in Communication include Tim Russert, Helen Thomas, and Ted Koppel.
