November 5, 2007 (Vol. 6, No. 6)

Lehman Professor Miguel Pèrez Named CNN Contributor

Lehman professor and award-winning journalist Miguel Pèrez, who has spoken frequently about national and international issues on "Lou Dobbs Tonight" and other CNN programs, has been named as a "contributor" by the 24-hour news network.

Professor Pèrez, a nationally syndicated columnist with the Creators Syndicate (www.creators.com), writes a weekly column that often deals with Latino-related issues. He anticipates that his new status on CNN will result in additional appearances, particularly as issues like immigration, Latino voting strength, and language rights move to the forefront in a Presidential election year.

"I enjoy presenting viewpoints that are not always heard in the mainstream media," Professor Pèrez said. "It livens up the conversation. The Hispanic perspective, not just on Latino issues but on mainstream issues that also affect Latinos, has been missing from the cable-news networks. I feel privileged to be able to present that perspective on CNN."

On "Lou Dobbs Tonight," Professor Pèrez is part of a group of distinguished journalists and political consultants often billed as "the best political minds in the country." They analyze the war in Iraq, the U.S. economy, the presidential candidates, immigration reform, and many other key topics in the news.

Born in Havana, Professor Pèrez came to the United States as a refugee at the age of 11, not speaking any English. Going on to earn degrees from both Florida International University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, he has been a reporter for The Tampa Times and The Miami Herald, a columnist for the New York Daily News and The Record of Hackensack, N.J., and the host of three radio shows and three television programs in both English and Spanish.

For his Daily News columns, he won the Mike Berger Award, considered the top print journalism prize in New York. For his newspaper articles, he won consecutive New York Deadline Club Awards in 2004 and 2005. For his work on the radio, he won the two most coveted prizes for Spanish-language radio broadcasters in New York. He also received two regional Emmy nominations for his work on Images/Imagenes, a weekly English-language, Hispanic public affairs TV program on the PBS New Jersey Network.

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