A person in my field that I admire

He is John Oliver, a british actor, comedian and TV presenter. With that description you might thinking, what he have to do with journalism? Well, Oliver host a show in HBO called “Last week tonight”. 

Last week tonight is a weekly show about investigative journalism, but fulled of  satire, sarcasm and that kind of humor.

I picked John Oliver because i think he as a figure represents all the members of the staff and people who makes posible the exhaustive investigation of important topics, but giving a twist of humor to the facts. He as the presenter and the show itself broke all the existent conventions of the american journalistic programs. 

Oliver had speak about hot topics and others not so well known but also very importants. Examples of his work are investigations like the wage gap between men and women, the groups of white supremacists in the US, the amount of sugar hidden in the food or the conections between Trump and Putin.

John Oliver also participate in another programs, all with the same satirical vibe and all about political topics. He as emerged as a qualifield figure to speak the truth, but in a different way. He showed that is not necesarilly to be completely serious to be taked into account.