José Yamid Amat Ruiz is a Colombian journalist. His basic education took place at Colegio Salesiano in

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. He studied at the Airlie Institute in

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, United States. His journalistic debut was at Emisora Monserrate in the 1960s. He would later join ''Radiosucesos''

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, and the ''T. V. Sucesos''

on television. He directed '' El Bogotano'' newspaper —where he was responsible for its infamous main headline published in the 2 January 1974 issue reading ''Maremoto en Bolivia'' ("

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")—, Yamid Amat
Titulé: Maremoto en Bolivia
'' Revista SoHo'', 11 April 2007 worked for

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news agency and was in charge of a column in ''

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''. In the 1980s he directed ''Contrapunto T. V.'', a

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television show, and join

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, becoming its news director until 1990. While at Caracol Radio, he hosted morning news show ''6 A. M. – 9 A. M.'' (known as ''6 AM Hoy por Hoy'' since Caracol Radio was acquired by PRISA). In the late 1980s he presented and directed Caracol TV's ''Reportajes Caracol'', as well as ''Los derechos de la gente'', produced by Coestrellas. In 1991 he co-founded the '' CM&'' newscast, broadcast on weeknights on

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. He was his director until 1998 and then again since 2002. Amat also created RadioNet, a 24-hour news

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, which would be later absorbed by Caracol Radio. Meanwhile, he directed ''

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''. Besides his work at ''CM&'', he keeps a weekly column in '' El Tiempo'' newspaper. Amat tried to force Cathy Beckerman, a Colombian Jewish journalist and anchor of a daily TV newscast to cross herself on air. When she refused, he asked for her resignation. Israel's ambassador to Colombia, Marco Sermoneta, tweeted that the case was a "serious anti-Semitic incident", and urged that "anti-Semitism is everybody’s problem". According to Publimetro news, Amat issued an apology on the channel's website, in which he expressed remorse for having "affected her religious convictions without that being my purpose". He added: "May the Jewish community and other religious organizations always receive a respectful treatment from me".

Awards

*Order from the Colombian Congress in the grade of Knight's Cross *Four times winner of the Journalism Award granted by the CPB (Círculo de Periodistas de Bogotá) *Nine times winner of the Premio Nacional de Periodismo Simón Bolívar *UNICEF award for his contributions to the Vaccination campaigns in Colombia

References

External links

Official website
* '' Dinero''
El poder en Colombia
1 May 1995 {{DEFAULTSORT:Amat, Yamid Living people Colombian television journalists Colombian television presenters Colombian radio presenters 1941 births

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