Antonio Mora

American journalist and news anchor

Antonio Mora
Born	(1957-12-14) December 14, 1957 (age 66) Havana, Cuba
Alma mater	Harvard Law School, (LLM)
Occupation(s)	Journalist, Anchorman, Professor, Columnist
Notable credit(s)	Consider This Good Morning America Good Morning America Sunday "A View from the Center"
Relatives	Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza (great-grandfather) Alfonso Mora (brother) Maite Delgado (sister-in-law) Ines Rivero (former sister-in-law)

Antonio Mora (born December 14, 1957)^[1] is a multiple Emmy Award winning journalist and television news anchor. He is best known for his years at ABC News, including his four years as the news anchor and chief correspondent for Good Morning America.^[2] He was a prime-time anchor on Al Jazeera America where he hosted an interview show called Consider This. He was also the first Hispanic American male to anchor a primetime newscast in Chicago and one of the only Hispanic American males to anchor a national broadcast news show.^[2]^[3]

Mora is currently the Wolfson Chair in Communication at the University of Miami's Wolfson School of Communication where he teaches journalism.^[4] He also writes "A View from the Center" on Substack,^[5] which he originally created as a columnist for Facebook's defunct Bulletin platform.^[6]

Personal

Mora's family left Cuba in 1960. He grew up in the United States and Caracas, Venezuela. He received a law degree, summa cum laude, from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. Before becoming a broadcaster, he was a corporate finance attorney at Debevoise & Plimpton in Manhattan.^[2] He is the great grandson of Cuban politician and League of Nations President Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza. He is the brother of former ATP touring pro, Alfonso Mora, brother-in-law of TV host Maite Delgado and former brother-in-law of model Ines Rivero.

Professional

Mora began his broadcasting career as a sports anchor and reporter for Univision’s New York station WXTV. He then worked as an anchor and producer for Telemundo’s New York station, WNJU-TV. He was one of the original announcers for ESPN’s international transmissions to Latin America and one of the original anchors for NBC News Nightside the overnight national newscast for the NBC Network. He then served as a reporter and anchor for WTVJ in Miami and was the original co-host of Good Day L.A. for KTTV in Los Angeles, before being hired by ABC as the host of Good Morning America Sunday and correspondent for Good Morning America.^[1] He later reported for virtually all of ABC News’ broadcasts, including Nightline and 20/20, covering news from more than a dozen countries on four continents. He also anchored ABC News’ breaking news coverage and served as a correspondent for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and as a regular substitute anchor for the weekend edition of World News Tonight. In 1999, he became the news anchor for Good Morning America at the time when Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson became the co-hosts of the show.^[7] Four years later, he left for Chicago where he served as the main anchor at the CBS owned-and-operated WBBM-TV until 2008.^[1]^[8] He was a news anchor at CBS owned-and-operated WFOR-TV in Miami until December 17, 2012. He is an experienced debate moderator, having moderated gubernatorial debates in Illinois^[9] and Florida,^[10] and senatorial^[11] and congressional debates in Florida.^[12] On July 26, 2013 he was hired to host a weeknight current affairs talk show called Consider This on Al Jazeera America^[13] where he later anchored an international news hour.

Awards

Mora has received awards for reporting, anchoring, breaking-news anchoring, interviewing and commentary. His honors include two Peabody Awards, a national Edward R. Murrow Award, three national Emmy Awards, nine local Emmy Awards and a Silver Dome. He was named one of the country's “100 Most Influential Hispanics” by Hispanic Business Magazine in 1999.^[14] He received honorary doctorates from Our Lady of Holy Cross College and Ursinus College.^[15]

Associations and charitable work

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations^[16] and is a former Vice President of Broadcast for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Suncoast Chapter,^[17] and a former member of the boards of trustees of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation, the Goodman Theatre, the Chicago Children's Choir and the Latin School of Chicago.

Film credit and other activities

He had a cameo appearance in the 1994 film Speed starring Sandra Bullock.^[18] Mora gained notoriety on YouTube after a video of him breaking into a fit of laughter with WFOR co-anchor Shannon Hori when reading a story about injuries suffered during sex that included "fractured penises" went viral and was featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.^[19]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Antonio Mora to Join CBS4". January 14, 2008. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Antonio Mora". University of Miami School of Communication. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
^ "Antonio Mora: CBS Local". Miami.cbslocal.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
^ "Antonio Mora". UM School of Communication. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
^ Mora, Antonio. "A View from the Center | Antonio Mora | Substack". antoniomora.substack.com. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
^ Cohen, David (2021-07-20). "Facebook Bulletin Gets an Infusion of New Creators". www.adweek.com. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
^ "Mora named news anchor for 'GMA'". Daily News. New York. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
^ Guarino, David R. (2003-07-23). "Eye on the Media CBS Channel 2's Antonio Mora". Windy City Times. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
^ "Cook County GOP convention a triumph, Topinka and Birkett win straw poll". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
^ "Mud flies as Alex Sink and Rick Scott square off in governor's race debate". Retrieved 2013-06-07.
^ "Senate candidates Crist, Rubio and Meek face off in debate". Archived from the original on 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
^ "CBS 4 Schedules a Diaz-Balart Debate Double Header". Retrieved 2013-06-07.
^ Morrison, Sara (2013-07-26). "Antonio Mora to Host Al Jazeera America's 'Consider This'". TheWrap. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
^ "Antonio Mora, influential Hispanic for 1999". HispanicBusiness.com. Archived from the original on 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
^ "At College Graduations, Wit and Wisdom for the Price of Airfare". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
^ "Membership Roster 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-15.
^ "Board of Governors". NATAS Suncoast. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
^ "Antonio Mora". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
^ "CBS4's Antonio Mora Cracks Up Over "Fractured Penises" - Miami - News - Riptide 2.0". Blogs.miaminewtimes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-10-31.