Carlos Loret de Mola
Loret de Mola in 2012
Born (1976-10-17) 17 October 1976
OccupationJournalist
Spouse
Berenice Yaber
(m. 2002)
Children3
Websitewww.carlosloret.com

Carlos Loret de Mola Álvarez (born October 17, 1976 in Mérida, Yucatán) is a Mexican journalist.[1] He currently hosts the radio program Así las cosas con Carlos Loret de Mola on W Radio and is a contributor to El Universal.

Most recently, in 2020, he founded the digital journalistic platform LatinUS, which conducts journalistic investigations of corruption and organized crime.

Career

Loret de Mola has a long career as a reporter, war correspondent and television host. For almost 20 years, he headed the morning news program on Televisa. He is well known for his international coverage as a war correspondent in Afghanistan, Haiti, Syria and Libya.[2] He has also covered multiple political events and natural disasters such as the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Libyan Civil War, the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, the food crisis in the Horn of Africa in 2011, the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, the Tunisian Revolution and the death of Hugo Chavez.[3]

His journalistic work in Mexico has been quoted by international media such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN and Al Jazeera.[4]

He was a co-director of the documentary film De panzazo, which he also wrote and narrated, which addresses poor education in Mexico.[5]

Bibliography

  • El Negocio: La economía de México atrapada por el narcotráfico (2002)
  • Coauthor of Bitácora de Guerra (2002)
  • Coauthor of Diálogo con Navegante (2004)
  • Coauthor of Haití. Isla Pánico (2011)

Awards

  • Premio Internacional de Periodismo by Club de Periodistas de México 2013.[6]
  • Award for Excellence in Journalism by Arizona State Capitol 2008.[7]
  • Premio Nacional de Periodismo de México 2007.[8]
  • Premio Nacional de Periodismo de México 2005.[9]
  • Special mention Premio Nacional de Periodismo 2001.[10]
  • Premio del Certamen Nacional de Periodismo in 2002, 2003 and 2004.[11]
  • Premio de la Asociación Nacional de Locutores in 2002 and 2003.[12]
  • Primer Premio Parliamentario de Periodismo in 1998.[13]

Personal life

He is son of the Mexican writer and political journalist, Rafael Loret de Mola, and grandson of Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz, former governor of Yucatan.

He has a bachelor's degree in Economics for the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).

References

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