Jorge Ramos may be leaving Univision, but the Spanish-language news veteran doesn't want to leave the media industry behind.
Ramos, who announced Monday that he plans to step down from his roles at Univision’s “Noticiero Univision” and “Il Punto” after the 2024 presidential election, has chosen CAA to represent him in the next phase of his career. “This is not a farewell,” he said in a statement Monday. “I will continue to host Noticiero Univision until December, after which I will share my career plans. I am very grateful for these four decades at Univision and very proud to be part of a team that has established strong leadership over the years.”
CAA has established relationships with several top news anchors, including ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos and Brian Williams, the former NBC News and MSNBC anchor who signed with the agency in 2023 to help him navigate potential opportunities after leaving those NBCUniversal-backed outlets.
Ramos has been a broadcaster for Noticero Univision for 38 years. He has written 12 books and won 10 Emmy Awards. His book, The Way I See Things, is a selection of columns written in Spanish between 1982 and 2023, covering Ramos’ development as a reporter, father and critic. In 2002, he created Despierta Leyendo, or “Wake Up to Read,” the first book club in the history of Spanish television.
Throughout his career, Ramos has challenged authority when he felt it was impeding the dissemination of facts to his audience. In 1983, in the early part of his journalistic career, he resigned from his job at a news magazine for the Televisa Group after he believed that a report of his was being censored.
Ramos was among Univision news staffers who opposed the company’s decision in 2023 to air an interview with Trump from his Mar-a-Lago residence that raised eyebrows among Democrats and Latino advocacy groups because it was arranged in part by company executives. Critics questioned why Univision reporter Enrique Acevedo didn’t challenge Trump more explicitly on camera, or point out when the former world leader made false statements on screen.
Ramos has also pushed for better representation of Spanish-language media when it comes to access to top U.S. politicians. He has grilled lawmakers on immigration policy — a top issue among his viewers — and saw his profile gain a different kind of traction in 2015 when he sought an interview with then-candidate Donald Trump. Trump, who had posted Ramos’ cellphone number on social media, shoved Ramos out of the room during a news conference in Iowa, then let the journalist back in.
