Editing Jorge Ramos (news anchor) (section)

==Career==
[[Image:Assistant Secretary Fernandez Chats With Univision's Jorge Ramos derivative work.jpg|thumb|upright|Jorge Ramos, September 2014]]
[[File:Jorge Ramos & Bernie Sanders by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright|Ramos interviewing Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator [[Bernie Sanders]], January 2016]]
[[File:Jorge Ramos (23708193404) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Ramos moderating the [[Iowa Brown and Black Forum]] part of the [[2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums]], January 2016]]
Ramos worked for [[Grupo Televisa]]'s flagship [[XEW-TV]] in Mexico City for the network's local version of ''[[60 Minutes#Other versions|60 Minutes]]''. At the age of 24, he quit that job after a story he produced that was critical of Mexico's government was censored.<ref name=Broadcast/> In 1983, he left Mexico on a student visa for [[Los Angeles]], where he planned to enroll in the [[UCLA Extension]]'s journalism classes. In 1984, he was hired by [[KMEX-TV]], an affiliate of what was then the Spanish International Network (SIN) in Los Angeles, which operated on a shoestring budget in a run-down facility on [[Melrose Avenue]]. At KMEX, Ramos felt he could express himself freely: "To me it was a palace... the United States gave me opportunities that my country of origin could not: freedom of the press and complete freedom of expression."<ref name=LATimes/> Three years later, he became the host for KMEX's morning program, ''Mundo Latino''.<ref name=Broadcast/> In 1987, Ramos then joined SIN's national operation<ref>Gavin, Patrick (August 17, 2010). [http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1008/answer_this_jorge_ramos.html "Answer This: Jorge Ramos"]. [[Politico]].</ref> which was rebranded as the [[Univision]] network a year later after coming under new ownership; Univision has a broad entertainment and news-sharing agreement with Televisa.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Since 1987, Ramos has been the anchorman for ''[[Noticiero Univision]]'', a nightly Spanish language newscast, alongside colleague [[María Elena Salinas]]. He also hosts ''Al Punto'', a Spanish-language Sunday public affairs program aired weekly on Univision, and ''America with Jorge Ramos'', an English language news magazine on [[Fusion (TV channel)|Fusion TV]].<ref name=TimeTriumph>Scherer, Michael (November 20, 2014). [https://time.com/3596143/immigration-jorge-ramos-univision/ "Univision/s Jorge Ramos Calls Obama's Immigration Actions a 'Triumph For The Latino Community'"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''.</ref>

In 1989, as he watched the [[fall of the Berlin Wall]], Ramos has said he remembered thinking, "This is why I am what I am!"<ref name=ContemporaryWriters/> Other world events he covered include the [[Salvadoran Civil War]], the [[Persian Gulf War]],<ref name=Moyers/> the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], and the [[9/11 terrorist attacks]].<ref name=CPJ>[https://cpj.org/awards/2014/jorge-ramos.php "Jorge Ramos: 2014 CPJ Burton Benjamin Memorial Awardee"]. [[Committee to Protect Journalists]]. 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2015.</ref> During the United States's [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]], Ramos traveled there on his own while on vacation because his network refused to send him.<ref name=ContemporaryWriters/><ref name=Fortune/> Throughout his career he has covered five wars.<ref name=CPJ/>

As of 2014, [[KMEX-DT]] his Univision 34 news shows regularly beat their English language competition among young viewers.<ref name="TimeTriumph"/> He has interviewed multiple world leaders including [[Barack Obama]], [[George W. Bush]], [[Bill Clinton]], [[George H. W. Bush]], [[Fidel Castro]], [[Daniel Ortega]] and [[Hugo Chávez]].<ref name=Moyers>[http://billmoyers.com/guest/jorge-ramos/ "Jorge Ramos: Journalist, News Anchor"]. [[Moyers & Company]]. Retrieved August 27, 2015.</ref>

Ramos also writes a bilingual newspaper column that is published internationally, and appears regularly as a pundit on English-language cable networks, like [[CNN]] and [[MSNBC]]. Polls among American Latinos rank him as the most trusted and influential Hispanic in America, surpassing all other political leaders, and his [[Q Score]] among Latino audiences places him between soccer star [[Lionel Messi]] and pop singer [[Shakira]].<ref name=TimeTriumph />

In 2002, he founded ''Despierta Leyendo'' (''Wake Up Reading''), the first [[book discussion club|book club]] in the history of Spanish-language television.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nationalpress.org/awards/winner/jorge-ramos/ |title= The 2012 Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism Winner|publisher=[[National Press Foundation]]|date=2012|access-date = May 31, 2015}}</ref>

On February 21, 2008, he represented Univision in a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] debate between Senators [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]] on [[The University of Texas at Austin]] campus in [[Austin, Texas]].<ref>[http://www.c-span.org/video/?204139-1/texas-democratic-presidential-candidates-debate "Texas Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate"]. C-SPAN. February 21, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/21/debate.transcript/ "The CNN Democratic presidential debate in Texas"]. [[CNN]]. February 21, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2015.</ref>

In 2012, Ramos, critical of the lack of Latino moderators in any of the [[2012 United States presidential election debates|U.S. presidential debates]], complained that the debate commission was "stuck in the 1950s". When Univision held its own forums with candidates [[Barack Obama]] and [[Mitt Romney]], Ramos challenged both of them on their [[Immigration to the United States|immigration]] policies, specifically Romney's "self-deportation" policy, which Ramos considered an insult to Latinos, and Obama's deportation of more than 1.4 million people, and his reneging on his promise to address immigration during his first term. ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' named Ramos the broadcaster who would most determine the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]]. Ramos' increased notability, however, led to criticism of his [[advocacy journalism|advocacy approach]]. To this Ramos has stated, "Our position is clearly pro-Latino or pro-immigrant ... We are simply being the voice of those who don't have a voice."<ref name=LATimes/>

In 2015, after [[Donald Trump]] became a presidential candidate, Ramos pursued an interview with Trump for months. When he sent Trump a handwritten request in June, Trump, who had filed a lawsuit against Univision over its decision to drop the [[Miss Universe]] pageant following [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign#Illegal immigration and border security|the candidate's comments about Mexican immigrants]], posted Ramos's letter on [[Instagram]], which [[doxing|exposed Ramos's cell phone number]].<ref>{{cite web |quote=So, like any sensible journalist, I wrote to the new candidate and asked him for an interview. However, instead of answering my letter, he posted it on Instagram along with my phone number. As a result, I received hundreds of hateful calls and texts and I had to change my number.| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/opinion/international-world/trump-ramos-authoritarianism-media.html |first=Jorge |last=Ramos |title=What I Learned From My Brush With Trump |website=New York Times |date=December 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mashable.com/2015/06/26/donald-trump-univision-jorge-ramos/?europe=true |quote=It turns out Donald Trump doesn't just fire people: He doxes them, too... Trump decided to post a photo on Instagram of a letter sent to him by Univision anchor Jorge Ramos... In the letter, Ramos wrote down his personal cell phone number, which Trump didn't bother to blur out. |date=June 26, 2015 |website=Mashable |title=Donald Trump loses all chill, posts private information of Univision star |first=Yohana |last=Desta}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814101712/http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/21/donald-trump-just-doxed-lindsey-graham-on-live-tv/ |archive-date=August 14, 2015 | date=July 21, 2015|title=Donald Trump just doxxed Lindsey Graham on live TV |first=Amber |last=Phillips |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/21/donald-trump-just-doxed-lindsey-graham-on-live-tv/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |quote=Trump's behavior is raising eyebrows, but this isn't even the first time in his month-long campaign that Trump has been accused of doxxing someone. When Univision cancelled his "Miss USA" pageant, he allegedly published a letter on Instagram from Jorge Ramos, the channel's popular anchor, with Ramos's personal cellphone number.}}</ref> Trump later deleted the post.<ref name=NewYorkMagazine/>

On August 25, 2015, Ramos attended a news conference held in [[Dubuque, Iowa]], by Trump. Prior to attending, Ramos studied previous Trump press conferences and discovered a pattern of Trump repetitively interjecting "excuse me" and calling on another reporter when asked a question opposing his beliefs. Due to this knowledge, Ramos refused to sit down and persistently continued questioning Trump about his immigration policies when rebuffed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Univision's Jorge Ramos Discusses Journalism And That Donald Trump Press Conference|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&sw=w&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA431691370&it=r&asid=c03bfa82e75c0d827b45cd838b956a20.|access-date=November 20, 2016|agency=National Public Radio|publisher=Literature Resource Center|date=October 5, 2015}}</ref> Ramos insisted on his rights as a reporter and United States citizen to ask a question, prompting Trump's Head of Security [[Keith Schiller]] to push him backwards out of the conference room.<ref name=NYerStand /> About 15 minutes later, Trump allowed Ramos to return to the conference, where he and Trump engaged in a heated exchange on the issue. Trump later explained that he had not called on Ramos for a question, as he had called on another reporter in the audience. Ramos accused Trump of "spreading hate" with his calls for mass deportations of [[Undocumented immigrant population of the United States|undocumented families]], and repealing [[Birthright citizenship in the United States|birthright citizenship]], and questioned the feasibility of Trump's proposals. He also questioned Trump's viability as a candidate among Latino voters, citing a poll indicating that 75% of those voters held unfavorable opinions of him,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gabriel|first1=Trip|title=At Donald Trump Event, Jorge Ramos of Univision Is Snubbed, Ejected and Debated|url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/08/25/at-trump-event-univision-reporter-is-snubbed-ejected-and-debated/|work=The New York Times|date=August 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/trump-clashes-with-reporter--who-was-wrong--513200195783 "Trump clashes with reporter: who was wrong?"] ''[[Morning Joe]]''. [[MSNBC]]. August 26, 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = Jorge Ramos's Long Game|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/25/magazine/jorge-ramoss-long-game.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = September 25, 2015|issn = 0362-4331|first = Marcela|last = Valdes}}</ref> and projected that Trump would only get 16% of the Latino vote.<ref>[http://fusion.net/video/275804/jorge-ramos-super-tuesday-hispanic-vote/ Fusion: "Jorge Ramos is live breaking down the Hispanic vote on Super Tuesday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220134905/http://fusion.net/video/275804/jorge-ramos-super-tuesday-hispanic-vote/ |date=December 20, 2016 }} March 1, 2016.</ref> Election exit polls showed Trump getting 29% of the Hispanic vote, a 13% increase over Ramos's projection. Most Latinos did not vote though. Latino turnout was actually under 50%, even lower than the historically low election turnout overall. It was higher in the prior election since Obama was running. <ref>{{cite news|title=Trump got more votes from people of color than Romney did. Here's the data.|first=Karthick|last=Ramakrishnan|work=The New York Times |date=November 8, 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/politics/election-exit-polls.html?_r=0}}</ref>

The press conference incident inspired Ramos to create his documentary ''Hate Rising'' focused on increasing incidents of racial bigotry and violence across the country, which aired October 23, 2016, on [[Univision]] and [[Fusion (TV channel)|Fusion]].<ref>{{cite news|title=To Make 'Hate Rising,' Jorge Ramos Spent Time With Hate Groups|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/10/21/498804694/to-make-hate-rising-jorge-ramos-spent-time-with-hate-groups|access-date=November 20, 2016|agency=Morning Edition|publisher=National Public Radio|date=October 21, 2016}}</ref> In preparation for the documentary, Ramos met with members of various [[hate group]]s across the country including [[Ku Klux Klan]] members and [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazis]], along with Latino and Muslim victims.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Llamoca|first1=Janice|title=New Jorge Ramos Documentary Explores Hate in America|url=http://latinousa.org/2016/10/20/new-jorge-ramos-documentary-explores-hate-america/|access-date=November 20, 2016|agency=Latino USA|publisher=Futuro Media Group|date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> His journey lasted nine months, often placing him in danger as both an immigrant and a Mexican-American man.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ortiz|first1=Gabe|title="Hate Rising": Jorge Ramos Examines The Resurgence Of Hate Groups During The Rise Of Trump|url=http://americasvoice.org/blog/hate-rising-jorge-ramos-examines-resurgence-hate-groups-rise-trump/|website=[[America's Voice (lobby)|America's Voice]]|date=October 24, 2016 |access-date=November 20, 2016}}</ref> In order to gain face time with members of [[white supremacy|white supremacist]] groups, Ramos partnered with director Catherine Tambini, an American who the groups were under the impression they would be speaking to, and only right before the interview started did Ramos sit down to ask questions.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moreno|first1=Carolina|title=Jorge Ramos Exposes Hate Groups' Rise In The Age Of Trump|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-jorge-ramos-found-after-talking-to-hate-groups-in-the-age-of-trump_us_580ad634e4b000d0b156e8f4|access-date=November 20, 2016|agency=The Huffington Post|date=October 22, 2016}}</ref>

In 2016, Ramos began leveraging [[Facebook Live]] to stream raw footage taken on his phone to social media audiences, gaining 2.6 million views on his [[Iowa caucuses|Iowa caucus]] videos and over four million on his reports during the [[New Hampshire primaries]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Univision's Ramos Seeks New Audiences On Facebook – And Draws Millions|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/02/19/467297584/univision-s-ramos-seeks-new-audiences-on-facebook-and-draws-millions|access-date=February 3, 2017|work=[[All Things Considered]]|agency=[[National Public Radio]]|date=February 19, 2016}}</ref>

On February 25, 2019, he was held with his journalistic group in the [[Miraflores Palace]] after an interview with [[Nicolás Maduro]]. After seizing the equipment and interview recordings, he was released hours later and deported from the country. During the interview, Maduro denied there was a [[humanitarian crisis]] in [[Venezuela]], which led Ramos to show Maduro images of Venezuelans eating [[garbage]] to point out that there was indeed a crisis. After being released, Ramos stated that he and his group were held because this action bothered Maduro. The [[Ministry of Popular Power for Communication and Information|Information Minister]] of Maduro, [[Jorge Rodríguez (Venezuelan politician)|Jorge Rodríguez]], described the incident as a "cheap show."

On April 12, 2019, his intervention in the morning conference of Mexican president [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] was controversial over the confrontation he held with López Obrador, around [[Crime in Mexico|homicide]] figures in Mexico in the period of the administration. The episode opened a debate on the use of figures of malicious homicides in Mexico and its different sources. He interviewed [[Fidel Castro]], confronted [[Obama]] on deportations, confronted [[Donald Trump|Trump]] and is reportedly an admirer of [[Oriana Fallaci]].<ref> {{Cite web|date=April 20, 2018|title=Jorge Ramos' New Book, 'Stranger,' is a Journalist's Manifesto|url=https://www.texasobserver.org/jorge-ramos-new-book-journalists-manifesto-immigrants/|access-date=September 30, 2020|website=The Texas Observer|language=en-US}} </ref>

On September 9, 2024, Ramos announced that he would depart from Univision following the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]], after a 39-year tenure with the network.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Huston |first=Caitlin |date=2024-09-09 |title=Jorge Ramos to Exit Univision at End of Year |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/jorge-ramos-to-exit-univision-at-end-of-year-1235995898/ |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> His last newscast was December 13, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/entretenimiento/television/jorge-ramos-se-despide-de-univision-asi-fue-su-ultimo-dia-de-trabajo-nota/|title=Jorge Ramos se despide de Univision, así fue su último día de trabajo|publisher=El Universo|language=EN|date=December 14, 2024|access-date=December 19, 2024}}</ref>