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Roberto Suro holds a joint appointment as a professor at USC Annenberg and the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. He is a long-time journalist having worked with prominent organizations such as TIME Magazine and the Washington Post. He was the director of the Pew Hispanic Center, a research organization based in Washington D.C., and a member of the management team that launched the Pew Research Center in 2004. His career in journalism began in 1974 with the City News Bureau of Chicago, and he later worked with the Chicago Sun and Chicago Tribune. Suro held various correspondent roles in Chicago, Washington, Beirut, and Rome before becoming the bureau chief in New York. He was also a staff writer for the Washington Post covering significant news beats. He has received numerous awards including the Berlin Prize as an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Humanities from the American Academy in Berlin in 2019 and the USC Mentoring Award in 2018 for his work with undergraduate students.
USC Annenberg & USC Sol Price School of Public Policy • Los Angeles, CA
Professor with a focus on journalism and public policy, holds a joint appointment.
Pew Hispanic Center • Washington D.C.
Led research initiatives focused on Hispanic communities in the United States.
Washington Post • Washington, D.C.
Covered a variety of beats including the Justice Department and Pentagon.
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