León Krauze
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León Rodrigo Krauze Turrent (Mexico City, January 4, 1975) is an award-winning[citation needed] Mexican journalist, author, and news anchor.
He began his career as a sports journalist, focusing on soccer. That passion led him to become not only an expert and official chronicler of the Mexico national team but also a highly regarded historian: he has written four books and eighty documentaries on the history of “futbol” in Mexico.
In 1997, Krauze switched gears. For almost twenty years, he has followed politics in the United States, having covered the last four election cycles for various media outlets, both in America and Mexico. In 2005 he published “La Casa Dividida”, an account of the first five years of the Bush presidency.
His work has been published in Foreign Affairs, The New Republic, Foreign Policy, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, El Pais, Letras Libres, among many others.
He’s currently a frequent contributor at The Daily Beast and a weekly columnist for Mexico’s El Universal.
Krauze has interviewed leading political figures such as Juan Manuel Santos, Nick Clegg, Felipe Calderón, Enrique Peña Nieto, Shimon Peres and Barack Obama.
For five years, Krauze hosted “Segunda Emisión”, Mexico’s highest rated afternoon radio newsmagazine. Upon moving to television, Krauze quickly became a success as well, anchoring “Hora 21”, the main newscast for Foro TV, Televisa’s 24/7 news network. Krauze is currently the main anchor at Univision’s Los Angeles station, KMEX. He’s also a regular at Fusion, where he hosted the show "Open Source".[citation needed]
“Epicentro”, Krauzes’s weekly podcast, can be heard at www.dixo.com
As anchor or reporter, Krauze has won six Emmy’s, two Golden Mics, two Edward R. Murrow and a Los Angeles Press Club award.[citation needed]
In 2011, Krauze was named Mexico’s “Journalist of the year” by GQ magazine.[citation needed]
He is also a fantasy novelist. His novel, “El vuelo de Eluán”, has sold over 20 thousand copies. He has written two other books for young adults, both bestsellers as well.
Leon Krauze tweets at @Leon_Krauze.
Published Work
- ”El Vuelo de Eluán”, FCE, México, 2005.
- ”La Casa Dividida”, Planeta, México, 2005.
- "La Mesa - Historias de Nuestra Gente", HarperCollins, 2016