20 Facts About Antonio Mora

Antonio Mora was born on December 14,1957 and is a multiple Emmy Award winning journalist and television news anchor.

Antonio Mora is best known for his years at ABC News, including his four years as the news anchor and chief correspondent for Good Morning America.

Antonio Mora was a prime-time anchor on Al Jazeera America where he hosted an interview show called Consider This.

Antonio Mora was the first Hispanic American male to anchor a primetime newscast in Chicago and one of the only Hispanic American males to anchor a national broadcast news show.

Antonio Mora writes the online newsletter "A View from the Center," which he originally created as a columnist for Facebook's defunct Bulletin platform.

Antonio Mora grew up in the United States and Caracas, Venezuela.

Antonio Mora is the great grandson of Cuban politician and League of Nations President Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza.

Antonio Mora is the brother of former ATP touring pro, Alfonso Mora, brother-in-law of TV host Maite Delgado and former brother-in-law of model Ines Rivero.

Antonio Mora began his broadcasting career as a sports anchor and reporter for Univision's New York station WXTV.

Antonio Mora then worked as an anchor and producer for Telemundo's New York station, WNJU-TV.

Antonio Mora was one of the original announcers for ESPN's international transmissions to Latin America and one of the original anchors for NBC News Nightside, the overnight national newscast for the NBC Network.

Antonio Mora anchored ABC News' breaking news coverage and served as a correspondent for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and as a regular substitute anchor for the weekend edition of World News Tonight.

Antonio Mora was a news anchor at CBS owned-and-operated WFOR-TV in Miami until December 17,2012.

Antonio Mora is an experienced debate moderator, having moderated gubernatorial debates in Illinois and Florida, and senatorial and congressional debates in Florida.

Antonio Mora has received awards for reporting, anchoring, breaking-news anchoring, interviewing and commentary.

Antonio Mora's honors include two Peabody Awards, a national Edward R Murrow Award, three national Emmy Awards, nine local Emmy Awards and a Silver Dome.

Antonio Mora received honorary doctorates from Our Lady of Holy Cross College and Ursinus College.

Antonio Mora is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a former Vice President of Broadcast for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Antonio Mora is a member of the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Suncoast Chapter, and a former member of the boards of trustees of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation, the Goodman Theatre, the Chicago Children's Choir and the Latin School of Chicago.

Antonio Mora had a cameo appearance in the 1994 film Speed starring Sandra Bullock.