León Krauze

Author and News Anchor

León Krauze, an award-winning journalist and author, has been a prominent voice in both Mexican and U.S. journalism for over two decades. His work, which has earned him 10 Emmy Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and more, highlights international politics and the immigrant experience in his reporting. Throughout his career, Krauze has anchored top-rated newscasts at Univision and is currently a contributing columnist at The Washington Post. His work has appeared in Slate, The New Yorker, The Atavist, The Daily Beast, Journal of Democracy Letras Libres, and a long list of publications in both his native Mexico and the United States. He is also an accomplished author, publishing six books, including “La Mesa, Historias de Nuestra Gente,” a collection of fifty immigrant profiles. As a university professor, Krauze has taught in Mexico and the United States. In 2016, he held the prestigious Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism at USC, where he is now a senior fellow at the Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy.