Anchors
Antonio Mora
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Antonio Mora joined CBS4 News as 5, 6, and 11 pm anchor in January, 2008. Mora came to Miami from CBS station WBBM in Chicago, where he anchored CBS 2 Chicago's 6:00 PM newscast and served as the host of "Eye on Chicago," CBS 2's Emmy-Award winning public affairs program.
He began anchoring at CBS 2 in March 2002 after working for ABC News for eight years. He was the first Hispanic to serve as a lead anchor at a network-owned station in Chicago. In addition to his anchoring duties at CBS 2, Mora was a special projects reporter for the station.
He joined ABC in 1994 and reported for virtually all of ABC News' broadcasts, including "Nightline" and "20/20," covering news from more than a dozen countries on four continents. He also anchored ABC News' breaking news coverage and served as a correspondent for "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings" (1996-98) and as a regular substitute anchor for the weekend edition of "World News Tonight" (1998-2001). He began work at ABC as co-anchor of "Good Morning America/Sunday," while also serving as a contributor to "Good Morning America" (1994-95).
Prior to joining ABC News, Mora worked at KTTV-TV in Los Angeles (1993-94) as the original co-host of "Good Day L.A." Before that, he served as a reporter and anchor for WTVJ (1992-93). He was one of the original anchors for "Nightside" (1992), NBC Network's overnight newscast, and one of the original announcers for ESPN's international transmissions to Latin America (1991-92).
Mora is fluent in Spanish and worked as an anchor and producer for Telemundo's WNJU-TV (1991) in New York, N.Y. He began his broadcasting career as a sports anchor and reporter for Univision's WXTV (1989-91) in New York, N.Y.
Mora has been recognized for excellence throughout his career, receiving awards for reporting, anchoring, interviewing and commentary. His many honors include two Peabody Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, a national Emmy Award, nine local Emmy Awards and a Silver Dome. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a former Vice President of Broadcast for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. He's served as a member of the boards of trustees of the Goodman Theatre, the Chicago Children's Choir and the Latin School of Chicago and maintained active involvement in other Chicago and national non-profit organizations.
Mora began his career as a corporate attorney for Debevoise and Plimpton in New York. He received his L.L.M. from Harvard Law School in 1981 and a J.D., summa cum laude, from the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello in Caracas, Venezuela in 1980. He received honorary doctorates from Our Lady of Holy Cross College and Ursinus College.
He and his wife, Julie, have two children.