Tom Llamas

Tom Llamas
Born Thomas Edward Llamas
(1979-07-02) July 2, 1979
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Nationality American
Alma mater Loyola University (B.A.)
Occupation Television news anchor and Television journalist
Years active 2000–present
Employer The Walt Disney Company
Agent United Talent Agency
Notable credit(s) ABC World News Tonight (Weekend anchor)
NBC News (correspondent)
Television ABC World News Tonight
(2015–present)
Children 3
Family Married- Jennifer Llamas

Thomas Edward Llamas (/ˈjɑːmɑːs/ YAH-mahss; born July 2, 1979) is an American journalist. Presently the weekend anchor for World News Tonight on the American Broadcasting Company,[1] he has won multiple Emmy Awards for his reporting, as well as two Edward R. Murrow awards.[2]

Early life

Llamas was born in Miami, Florida, on July 2, 1979, to Cuban immigrants who had fled the island as political refugees.[3] He is a graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was a member of the LA Gamma chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He received bachelor's degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Drama and Speech which he completed in May 2001.[4]

Career

Llamas began his broadcasting career in 2000 with the NBC News Specials Unit and moved to MSNBC where he worked from 2000 to 2005 and covered mostly politics. After that he moved to NBC's WTVJ in Miami. Llamas moved to New York and joined WNBC and NBC News in 2009 as general-assignment reporter.

In September 2014, he moved to ABC News as a New York-based correspondent[1] and substituted for David Muir on ABC World News Tonight over the Christmas 2014 period. In 2015, Llamas became the Sunday anchor of ABC World News Tonight. He became the sole weekend anchor in January 2017.

During the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign, Llamas spent the year reporting on the Republican candidates. He notably criticized Jeb Bush and Donald Trump's use of the term "anchor baby"[5] and was called a "sleaze" by Trump after questioning him about the amount of money he had donated to charity.[6]

Awards

Llamas has won several awards including an Emmy Award for "Best Anchor" and "Best Hard News Story" and a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for WNBC-TV's coverage of Hurricane Sandy.[1][7]

His first Emmy was awarded in 2008 for his reporting as the first TV journalist to work on a human smuggling interdiction at sea with the U.S. Coast Guard.[8] He won an Emmy Award in 2013 for his coverage of Hurricane Irene.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ariens, Chris (3 September 2014). "Tom Llamas Leaves WNBC for ABC News". TVNewser. Media Bistro. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. ↑ LOYOLA PRESS (April 10, 2012). "Loyola alumni, NBC anchor and producer kicks-off centennial, speaks to journalism students".
  3. ↑ Zizmor, Jordana (6 June 2012). "An Interview with Tom Llamas". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. ↑ ABC News (2 March 2015). "Tom Llamas' ABC News Biography". ABC News. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Erik Wemple (May 31, 2016). "How to get Donald Trump to call you a 'sleaze' on national television". washingtonpost.com.
  6. ↑ Tal Kopan (August 21, 2015). "Trump blasts ABC News, demands apology". cnn.com.
  7. ↑ "2013 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award Winners". Radio Television Digital News Association. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  8. ↑ http://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/about-us/Tom-Llamas.html Archived May 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
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