Rafael Romo Biography
Rafael Romo is an American anchor and reporter working for CNN as a Senior Latin American Affairs Editor. He joined the CNN news team in October 2009, after previously working for CBS 2 Chicago.
Rafael Romo Career
Romo works as a national correspondent for CNN and is based in Atlanta, Georgia, at the network’s southeast bureau. Before starting his current job in September 2023, Romo was an anchor and a journalist for CNN en español. Since 2016, he has been the host of the global affairs show Mirador Mundial and reported on the biggest stories from around the world and Latin America. Romo started working for CNN International in 2009 as a Senior Latin American Affairs Editor.
Besides that, it was his job to keep an eye on the biggest news in Latin America for CNN viewers around the world, who watched on all of their devices. Romo also writes a lot of Latin American-related pieces for CNN Digital. Romo is a bilingual journalist from Mexico who has won an Emmy and worked as an anchor, correspondent, news coverage manager, and media professor for more than 30 years. Before he was hired by CNN in 2009, he was a general assignment reporter for CBS in Chicago and a journalist and host for Univision. He speaks English and Spanish very well and has reported in both languages for a long time.
Romeo has covered many major global events since joining CNN. These include Israel’s war against Hamas in October 2023, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Mexico’s decision to legalize abortion in 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the deadly clashes between Venezuelan police and protesters in 2019, and the Charlie Hebdo massacre in France in 2015. Romo has already written about several natural disasters, such as storms Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017 and Patricia in Mexico in 2015. In 2010, he wrote about what happened after the earthquake in Haiti and the deadly rains in northern Brazil. In 2014, he reported from Honduras and Guatemala on a documentary he created, wrote, and hosted about the reasons people move around in Central America.
Romo did a special report on the transfer of young girls from Mexico to the United States and forcing them to work as prostitutes as part of CNN’s Freedom Project, which aims to end modern-day slavery. Two documentaries in Spanish and several English-language reports for CNN International were made because of the probe. Another thing he has done is create, write, and host two documentaries. He has also covered many news stories about Chile’s “Children of Silence,” babies. The babies were taken from their mothers at birth and sold for adoption in the 1970s and 1980s. Now that those kids are adults, they have found out the truth about where they came from.
Romo was on the CNN Worldwide team that won an Emmy for their coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He was also up for an Emmy in 2018 for his work on CNN’s coverage of the storms the year before. Also in 2018, Romo was nominated for an Emmy for his work on the CNNE multi-country probe “Passports in the Shadows,”. This was about a scheme in which people from the Middle East could pay a bribe to get real Venezuelan passports. Romeo had won a local Emmy award at WBBM in 2004 for covering the Chicago Marathon live.
Romo was inducted into the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Alumni Hall of Fame in 2010. This is where he got his degree in broadcast journalism from Arizona State University. Christopher Callahan, who was dean of ASU’s journalism school at the time, called him “a hard-hitting international reporter.”
In a very short amount of time, Rafael has had a lot of great success. This is a great honor to have him in our Hall of Fame. The National Association of Hispanic Journalists gave Romo two awards for his work as a reporter. He began his work in journalism as a reporter at a Phoenix, Arizona, radio station in 1990 when he was still in high school. After three years, he started working as a TV reporter at WGBO TV, a Univision station in Phoenix.
Rafael Romo Salary
Romo earns a salary of about $47,000-$120,000.
Rafael Romo Net Worth
Romo has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which he has earned through his career as a Senior Latin American Affairs Editor.
Rafael Romo Age
Romo was born on February 27, 1975, in the United States. He is 48 years old as of 2023, and he celebrates his birthday on the 27th of February every year.
Rafael Romo Height and Weight
Romo stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches tall (1.72m) and weighs 61kgs (134 lbs)
Rafael Romo Family
Romo likes to keep his personal life private hence he has neither disclosed the names of his parent nor those of his siblings. However, this information will be updated when available.
Rafael Romo Wife and Children
Romo has not disclosed his relationship status as he is very private with his personal life. However, this information will be updated when available.
Rafael Romo Social Media Platforms
Romo is very active on his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. He has 47.3k followers on Twitter 8.7k followers on Instagram, and 8.8k followers on Facebook.