Tom Llamas
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Tom Llamas | |
|---|---|
| Born | Thomas Llamas July 2, 1979 |
| Occupation | News anchor/correspondent |
| Agent | N.S. Bienstock Inc. |
| Notable credit(s) | ABC World News Tonight (Weekend anchor) NBC News (correspondent) |
| Children | 2 |
| Family | Married |
Tom Llamas (/ˈjɑːmɑːs/ YAH-mahs) is an American news anchor and correspondent for ABC News.[1] He is the Sunday anchor for ABC World News Tonight. He has won multiple Emmy Awards for his reporting and is also the winner of two Edward R. Murrow awards.[2]
Early life
Llamas was born in Miami, Florida to Cuban immigrants who had fled the island as political refugees.[3] He is a graduate of Loyola University New Orleans and was a member of the LA Gamma chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He received bachelor's degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Drama and Speech.[4]
Career
Llamas began his broadcasting career in 2000 with the NBC News Specials Unit and moved to MSNBC where he worked from 2000 to 2005 and covered mostly politics. After that he moved to NBC's WTVJ in Miami. Llamas moved to New York and joined WNBC and NBC News in 2009 as general assignment reporter.
In September 2014, he moved to ABC News as a New York-based correspondent,[1] and has substituted for David Muir on ABC World News Tonight over the Christmas 2014 period. In 2015, Llamas became the Sunday anchor of ABC World News Tonight.
During the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign, Llamas spent the year reporting on the Republican candidates. He notably criticized Jeb Bush and Donald Trump's use of the term "anchor baby"[5] and was called a "sleaze" by Trump after questioning him about the amount of money he had donated to charity.[6]
Awards
Llamas has won several awards including an Emmy Award for "Best Anchor" and "Best Hard News Story", and a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for WNBC-TV's coverage of Hurricane Sandy.[1][7]
His first Emmy was awarded in 2008 for his reporting as the first TV journalist working on a human smuggling interdiction at sea with the U.S. Coast Guard.[8] He won an Emmy Award in 2013 for his coverage of Hurricane Irene.
References
- ^ a b c Ariens, Chris (3 September 2014). "Tom Llamas Leaves WNBC for ABC News". TVNewser. Media Bistro. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ http://www.loyno.edu/news/story/2012/4/10/2810
- ^ Zizmor, Jordana (6 June 2012). "An Interview with Tom Llamas". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ ABC News (2 March 2015). "Tom Llamas' ABC News Biography". ABC News. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/05/31/how-to-get-donald-trump-to-call-you-a-sleaze-on-national-television/
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/21/politics/donald-trump-abc-news/
- ^ "2013 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award Winners". Radio Television Digital News Association. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ http://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/about-us/Tom-Llamas.html Archived May 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine