José Díaz-Balart
Birth Name:
José Díaz-Balart
Birth Place:
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- The Hispanic Federation honored him with the 2014 Life Achievement Award
- The National Council of La Raza gave him its Communications Award
- Took home the Broadcasting and Cable/Multichannel News 2012 Award for outstanding achievement in Hispanic television
- Won a George Foster Peabody Award for his journalism and an Alfred I․ DuPont-Columbia University Award
- Graduated from New College in Sarasota, Fla․, in 1983
- Quote: "My father used to say: 'I don't care what you do for a living, as long as you embrace what you do as if it were secular priesthood․'"
- Known for hosting news programs on MSNBC and Telemundo
- Over the course of a 30-year career, he carved out a place for himself as one of the most respected voices in Hispanic journalism in the United States
- Was the only journalist to ever serve as news anchor on two national television networks in Spanish and English on the same day for a whole season