No Borders: A Journalist's Search for Home | 
enlarge | Author: Jorge Ramos Publisher: Harper Paperbacks Category: Book
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Rating: 4 reviews
Media: Paperback Pages: 352 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9 Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0060938269 Dewey Decimal Number: 070.92 EAN: 9780060938260
Publication Date: September 1, 2003 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Never before has Jorge Ramos, one of broadcast journalism's most influential personalities, let readers into so personal a space. From the lovers he's had throughout his life to his passion for journalism to his own sense of fulfillment, Ramos allows us to intimately know a man we've trusted to deliver the news for years. Ramos details his struggle as a student living in L.A. in the early 1980s, his first foray into American journalism, and the English-language establishment that told him he would amount to nothing if he didn't lose his accent. Ramos then invites us into the early days of Spanish-language news and media -- an industry that most early critics thought was useless and irrelevant -- whose now skyrocketing popularity has made it a powerful player in American culture. With insight into the many wars he has covered, the places he has seen, and the world leaders he has interviewed, this is the powerful memoir of a man whose search and ambition for a career in journalism have led him to be "one of this country's highest rated network news anchors" (Nightline).
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Good Reading September 15, 2004 C. Esparza (Covina, CA) 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book reflects how an immigrant who works hard in the USA can succeed financially and professionally. Ramos has certainly proved that=--Congratulations. It is unfortunate that even though he has interviewed leaders of other countries and see how government in other countries hold back progress of their own people and yet Ramos hesitates to call USA his home. As he acknowledges Mexico made him and USA developed him...like a biological farther who has a child yet never nourishes or parents his child but the stepfather is really the "Father" because the step dad has cared, nourished the child. USA has been the step father for Ramos in many ways.
Awesome September 11, 2003 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I truly enjoyed reading this book, Univision was always on my mom's television set and Mr. Ramos is my mom's favorite journalist, she loves him, and now I see why. Thank you Jorge for sharing your incredible story.
Absolutely Astonishing January 18, 2003 3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This has to be one of the most astonishing and incredible memoirs of hispanics living in the United States. I loved Ramos's simplistic style, yet profound way of describing his thoughts. For those interested in journalism, this is a book to read.
Absolutely inspiring! December 15, 2002 ChicBookFiend (MA) 6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Having read The Other Face of America, I had to get my hands on Jorge Ramos's memoir. He has inspired me to pursue a career in journalism, which is why I have followed his career for years. In No Borders, Ramos gives the reader an inside look into the life of a young Hispanic male seeking the American Dream. He moved to the U.S. from Mexico at the age of twenty-five, with very little experience in the journalistic field. Twenty-years later, he is a seven-time Emmy Award winning anchorman for Univision. From his tale of how he became one of the most successful reporters to recaps of his biggest news assignments, No Borders is an inspiring memoir about a man who stopped at nothing to get to where he is today...
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