Rodolfo Hernandez, 2018 winner
Rodolfo Hernandez is recognized as a proactive video journalist who has performed above and beyond his duties covering many top stories for OCB including the opening of the Cuban Embassy in Washington DC, the U.S. Presidential election, Pope Benedict’s visit to the White House, and has traveled extensively through Latin America following the migration of Cubans who escaped the communist island trying to get to freedom and democracy in the United States.
Recently, Rodolfo was in Colombia covering the presidential inauguration of Ivan Duque as well as covering the crisis of the Venezuelan people who cross the Colombian border seeking humanitarian assistance. Prior to Colombia, he was in Nicaragua covering the crisis that the Central American country is facing where citizens are calling for an end to violence and demanding a new government.