- Pritzker Fellows
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- Enrique Acevedo
Enrique Acevedo
Anchor of ‘Noticiero Univision Edicion Nocturna’ & Special Correspondent for Univision’s News Division
Enrique Acevedo has been called "The Voice" of the Latino community and one of the "Top Latinos in American Newsrooms" by the Huffington Post, and a "Global Media Leader" by the World Economic Forum.
Acevedo is the Emmy-award winning anchor of Noticiero Univision late-night edition. He has covered major news stories around the globe in English and Spanish for print, broadcast and online media, including three US presidential elections, the 2012 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the AIDS epidemic in Africa and the drug wars in Latin America. Acevedo has profiled and interviewed many world leaders like President Barack Obama, Kofi Annan, Melinda Gates and Desmond Tutu, among others.
He holds a Master's in Journalism from Columbia University. His work in Japan was featured as part of the J-school's centennial celebration in a book commemorating the best one hundred stories during the last century. He is a frequent contributor on NPR’s “Here and Now” and on some of the most popular radio shows in Latin America. His columns are published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, El País, Reforma, Letras Libres and The New York Review of Magazines among other prestigious publications. He is a regular guest in mayor US news networks as an expert in Hispanics, politics and policy. For his contributions to journalism in the public interest and to news literacy, he earned the News Literacy Project’s “John S. Carroll Journalist Fellow Award for 2019.”
He currently resides in Miami, Florida with his wife and two sons.
Seminars
“The Latinx Community & the 2020 Election”
If the 1996 election marked the origin of the modern-day Hispanic electorate, 2020 promises to be a turning point in the political empowerment of the fastest growing voting bloc in the country. 2020 will be the first election in which Hispanics make up the largest racial or ethnic minority in the electorate. According to the Pew Research Center, 32 million Hispanics will be eligible to vote, 2 million more than eligible black voters and more than 13 percent of the electorate. Key races in states like Florida, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and North Carolina will be decided by what we know as the Latino vote. And soon, Republican bastions like Texas could eventually swing from red to blue if the GOP doesn't do a better job of understanding and embracing diversity in their platform.
At the same time, Hispanics are becoming politically more and more like non-Hispanic white Americans. Two-thirds of the Hispanic electorate is now American-born, and although a majority of Hispanics identify as Democrats, FiveThirtyEight recently noted they are considerably less liberal than others in the party. What can this mean in the context of a more progressive democratic party, especially on social issues like abortion? First, candidates learned a few words in Spanish, now they are spending millions of dollars and a good share of their time to reach them. Indeed, the road to the White House goes through El Barrio.
If the 1996 election marked the origin of the modern-day Hispanic electorate, 2020 promises to be a turning point in the political empowerment of the fastest growing voting bloc in the country. 2020 will be the first election in which Hispanics make up the largest racial or ethnic minority in the electorate.
- According to the Pew Research Center 32 million Hispanics will be eligible to vote, 2 million more than eligible black voters and more than 13 percent of the electorate.
- Key races in states like Florida, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and North Carolina will be decided by what we know as the Latino vote. And soon, Republican bastions like Texas could eventually swing from red to blue if the GOP doesn't do a better job of understanding and embracing diversity in their platform.
Texas is one of five states in the country with a minority majority demographic, but it’s the only state among those that’s still voting consistently republican. That could change in 2020. Democrats have an advantage among registered voters in the state, according to a Univision poll which shows that Hispanics could be a decisive factor in the next election.
Special Guest: Oscar Silva, Executive Director of Battleground Texas
Even before Trump’s election, Latinos had rediscovered the true heights of their political power thanks to the courageous actions of the young activists behind the movement to keep the Dream Act alive while pushing for common-sense legislation to protect their immigrant families.
“Our vision is much more than citizenship and protections. We dream of a country where all of us, regardless of race, gender, religion and background, can participate in our democracy, live freely and thrive. By organizing, breaking down the systems that oppress our communities and mobilizing voters to the polls, we will make our parents’ dreams come true and make this country better for the generations to come.” - Cristina Jiménez
Special Guest: Cristina Jiménez, Executive Director & Co-Founder of United We Dream
Hispanics are becoming politically more and more like non-Hispanic white Americans. This is because two-thirds of the Hispanic electorate is now American-born, and although most Hispanics identify as Democrats, FiveThirtyEight recently noted they are considerably less liberal than others in the party.
Special Guest: Jorge Ramos, Journalist & Anchor for Univision & Fusion
With only weeks before the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries we will discuss the state of the race. The top candidates left in the field know the race can potentially change in the coming weeks based on the results in these two early contests, and the media and donor attention that come with them. We will also discuss some of the lessons learned by the media from the 2016 campaign. Are journalists approaching this election cycle differently or are we destined to repeat some of the same mistakes of the past?
Misinformation, unchecked lies and propaganda represent the biggest threat to the integrity of the 2020 election and the democratic order. Information technologies and social media have transformed every aspect of our political life. Alan Miller, head of the News Literacy Project, will helps us find better ways to navigate the overwhelming amount of content available to us and to understand how these platforms are being weaponized.
Special Guest: Alan Miller, Founder & CEO of the News Literacy Project
Engaging voters on complicated issues and activating them politically can be challenging, but the task has come easily for Indivisible, which first came to prominence with a Tea Party–inspired guide to congressional activism made freely available online. Since then, the organization has become a model of movement mobilization in the Internet age. María Urbina, Indivisible’s National Political Director leading national political strategy will talk to us about the Grassroots Battle to Save Democracy.
Special Guest: María Urbina, National Political Director at Indivisible
Hispanics are becoming politically more and more like non-Hispanic white Americans. This is because two-thirds of the Hispanic electorate is now American-born, and although most Hispanics identify as Democrats, FiveThirtyEight recently noted they are considerably less liberal than others in the party. According to Latino Decisions, Donald Trump received only 18 percent of the Latino vote in 2016, the lowest level on record for any presidential candidate. We will talk to Carlos Díaz-Rosillo, President Trump's former Deputy Assistant and Director of Policy and Interagency Coordination, to try to understand more about a growing segment of the Latino electorate that supports Trump's reelection.
Special Guest: Carlos Díaz-Rosillo, Senior Deputy Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; former Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy and Interagency Coordination in the White House