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(2010-03-04)
Ray Suarez, senior correspondent on “PBS NewsHour” will appear on a special live Friday edition of “State of Pennsylvania” on Friday, March 26 at 8 p.m. on WVIA-TV.
Rafael Suarez, Jr., better known as Ray Suarez, joined the "PBS NewsHour" in 1999. He is also host of the international news and analysis public radio program, "America Abroad," from Public Radio International. From 1993 to 1999, Suarez also hosted the NPR program "Talk of the Nation." In more than 30 years in the news business, he has worked as a radio reporter in London and Rome, a Los Angeles correspondent for CNN, and a reporter for the NBC-owned station WMAQ TV in Chicago.
He is the author of the 1999 book "The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration: 1966-1999," a social commentary on the causes of the destitution found in the inner city. He also authored the 2006 book, "The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America," which examines the way Americans worship, how organized religion and politics intersect in America, and how this powerful collision is transforming the current and future American mind-set. Suarez has contributed to many other books, including ''How I Learned English," "Brooklyn: A State of Mind," "Saving America's Treasures" and "About Men." He was a contributing editor for "Si" Magazine, a short-lived magazine depicting the Latino experience in the U.S.
Suarez currently hosts the program "Destination Casa Blanca," produced by HITN TV. The program covers Latino politics and policy for a national audience from Washington, DC. He co-wrote and hosted the 2009 documentary for PBS, "Jerusalem: Center of the World."
His columns, op-eds, and criticism have been published in The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune.
He was born in Queens, New York, and graduated in 1974 from John Dewey High School. Suarez earned a bachelor of arts degree in African History from New York University and a master of arts degree in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago.
"State of Pennsylvania" with WVIA President Bill Kelly and Correspondent Suzanne Kapral-Kelly is the only regional interactive public affairs and news program providing an in-depth look at important issues in the Commonwealth.
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