Jean Ramirez ’88
Jean Ramirez ’88
Sep 26, 2024
If you lived in New York in the 2000’s or 2010’s, you probably know Jeanine Ramirez ’88.
A fixture on NY1 News for 24 years, she covered Brooklyn with understanding and passion, and filled our screens many weekends as an anchor.
Hurricane Sandy and 9/11 fell on her watch, as did countless other big stories. Perhaps her greatest impact, though, came through the insights she brought to the coverage of Latino issues, whether in Brooklyn, Puerto Rico, or the Dominican Republic.
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Today she owns a video production and public relations firm, with such clients as IBM and NYU Langone Health. Airing this fall: Voces NYC, her new feature show produced by HITN TV. She’s also appeared as her on-air self in Ghostbusters and Law and Order.
After majoring in communications at Fordham, she started out as a desk assistant and field producer for WPIXTV (PIX11). “I ran the prompter for Kaity Tong,” she recalls.
Ramirez broke onto the air in Midland, Texas, then the nation’s number 150 market, covering rodeos and chili cook-offs. “It was a shock to the system,” she says. “But I learned my craft.”
There’s no doubt where this career sprung from: At Tech, she majored in graphic communications and starred in several stage musicals.
“I discovered my love for communications at Brooklyn Tech,” she says unhesitatingly.
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