- Enrique Gratas
Enrique Gratas is an award winning journalist and the anchor of Univision's "Última Hora" (Last Hour), the second most popular Spanish newscast in the
United States . His newscast originates fromMiami ,Florida , and it airs weekdays beginning at 11:30 P.M. EST.Biography
Gratas started working in
Argentina as a radio speaker in1966 and moved to television news a year later. He moved to the United States in1971 and worked as acorrespondent for the Argentine television.Later on he joined the sport division of the
Los Angeles KWHY-TV station. In1978 he conducted the first Spanish-language sports program fromLos Angeles stationKMEX-TV . From1981 to1985 he was the news director of theNew Jersey WXTV .In
1990 he moved toMiami to start the daily "Ocurrió Así" ("This is the way it happened"). When Gratas left Telemundo Network in1999 ,Pedro Sevcec took over the show.In October 1999 Gratas launched "Última Hora" on Univision, which successfully continues to be aired.
Together with
Jorge Ramos andMaría Elena Salinas , they are considered amongst the most respected Spanish-language television journalists in the United States and Latin America.Notable coverage and interviews
Among many others, Gratas has interviewed:
*George W. Bush ,Donald Rumsfeld andColin Powell
*Jessica Lynch (first to interview her)
*Yolanda Saldívar (the murderer of famousTejano singerSelena Quintanilla )He has also covered a number of major events, such as:
*Every American president sinceRichard Nixon
*Events from Watergate to the 9-11 attacks inNew York City
*Numerous Democratic and Republican conventions
*Anchored coverage of the new Millennium for the Univision Network
*Both wars inIraq
*Luis Colosio 's assassination (1994 )
*Olympic bombing inAtlanta (1996 )
*2000 U.S. presidential elections
*Severalhurricane s
*The political crises in Argentina andVenezuela Recognitions
*1996 Suncoast Regional
Emmy Award
*Premio Paoli (Puerto Rico ), for his commitment to journalism
*1998 Señor Internacional
*Golden Globe nominee for best News Anchor
*2005 City of Hope Cancer Center Awardee also
*List of television reporters/Argentina
*List of television presenters/ArgentinaExternal links
* [http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=62169 Gratas' biography at Univision] (Spanish)
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