Ray Suarez

Ray Suarez anchors America Abroad, and is also senior correspondent of the PBS television program, The NewsHour. Previously, Ray Suarez hosted the nationwide, call-in news program Talk of the Nation on National Public Radio. Suarez was also a Los Angeles correspondent for CNN, a producer for the ABC Radio Network in New York, a reporter for CBS Radio in Rome, and a reporter for various American and British news services in London. Over the years he has narrated, anchored or reported many special programs and documentaries for public radio and television including a weekly series, Follow the Money (PBS), and The Execution Tapes (2001, Public Radio), Through Our Own Eyes (2000, KQED), Take This Heart (1998, KCTS), State of the Union (1997, Wisconsin Public Television), Of Hopes and Fears (1995, WTTW), and Growing Up Scared (1994, WTTW).

Suarez shared in NPR's 1993-94 and 1994-95 duPont-Columbia Silver Baton Awards for on-site coverage of the first all-race elections in South Africa and the first 100 days of the 104th Congress, respectively. He has been honored with the 1996 Ruben Salazar Award from the National Council of La Raza, Current History Magazine's 1995 Global Awareness Award, and a Chicago Emmy Award.

Suarez holds a B.A. in African History from New York University and an M.A. in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, where he studied urban affairs. He was awarded honorary doctorates by Westminster College (Utah), and St. John's University (Minn.) and Manhattan Marymount College (N.Y.) in 2003. He's also been honored with an Alumni Achievement Award from NYU and a Professional Achievement Award from the University of Chicago. A longtime member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Suarez is a founding member of the Chicago Association of Hispanic Journalists. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., he lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children.