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Nelson Bocaranda Sardi (born 18 April 1945), is a Venezuelan television commentator, investigative journalist and founder of Runrunes.

Career

Bocaranda began studying journalism in 1962 at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas and started working for television station Venevisión under Óscar Yanes, who was his journalism professor. Also during his university tenure, Bocaranda worked for various radio stations in Caracas, including Radio Aeropuerto, Radio Capital, Radio Continente and KYS-FM. He left Venevisión to work for RCTV in the early 1980s, later returning to Venevisión in 1988. In 1989, Bocaranda worked as a foreign correspondent for Venezolana de Televisión in New York. He would also write columns in various Venezuelan newspapers.

On Unión Radio, Bocaranda had a weekday show, "Los Runrunes de Nelson" or "The Rumors of Nelson", which began in 1998. Bocaranda's program primarily included the journalist reporting political rumors. In June 2009, Bocaranda would face controversy after BBVA Provincial said that he was "irresponsible" for spreading "false rumors" that the Venezuelan subsidiary of BBVA would be placed for sale. Later in 2009, the Venezuelan government reportedly said it would refuse to renew Unión Radio's license if Bocaranda did not prevent his criticism, with "Los Runrunes de Nelson" being cancelled. The following year, Bocaranda and his son would create the Runrunes website. Bocaranda would go on to gain much of his following covering information on the illness of Hugo Chávez at a time when information about his health was scarce.

Reception

According to Bocaranda's former employer Venevisión in 2001, he received multiple awards including Venezuela's Premio Nacional de Periodismo (National Journalism Prize) and the Monseñor Pellín Award. Francisco Toro, founder of Caracas Chronicles, would criticize Bocaranda's work in 2009 saying that his career was based on rumors and described the journalist as " guy who took a perverse pride in publishing rumor, speculation and innuendo as fact". Diego Marcano of Nieman Reports would describe Bocaranda in 2017 as "one of Venezuela’s most respected journalists".

Personal life

He has been described as supporting the opposition of the Venezuelan government.

References

1. ^ "Nelson Bocaranda". Venevisión. 2001-08-03. Archived from the original on 3 August 2001. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
2. ^ Toro, Francisco (2009-09-23). "He can run run, but he can't hide..." Caracas Chronicles. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
3. "La filial venezolana del BBVA desmiente los rumores de venta". El Pais (in Spanish). 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
4. ^ Marcano, Diego (1 June 2017). "How Venezuela's Independent Digital News Outlets Are Covering the Turmoil in Their Country". Nieman Reports. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
5. ^ "Venezuelan journalist in eye of Chavez cancer storm". Reuters. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2023. With a daily drip-drip of rumors and details about Chavez's condition, the openly pro-opposition Bocaranda has garnered more than 670,000 followers ... Bocaranda's investigative work on Chavez's health has brought him more fame than at any point in a half-century media career spanning back to when he was 16
6. "Opposition journalist in Venezuela alleges plot to damage his reputation". LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center. 14 March 2012.

External links

• Venezuela strikes affect US oil supply, The World Today, abc.net.au
• Why Fox's Outrage? Chávez's Meddling in Mexico, Wall Street Journal
• Fidel's Successor in Latin America - Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, Insight on the News at findarticles.com
• The Gospel According to Hugo, Religion in the News
• (in Spanish) Nelson Bocaranda, Venevision

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