Miguel Marquez
| Miguel Marquez | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Miguel F. Marquez Santa Rosa, New Mexico |
| Education |
New Mexico Military Institute (in Roswell, New Mexico) (associate's degree), University of New Mexico (B.A. political science), Columbia University (master's in international affairs) |
| Occupation | Broadcast journalist |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Notable credit(s) |
Headline News anchor, Los Angeles-based correspondent for CNN, Coverage of the 2011 Bahraini protests for ABC News |
Miguel Marquez (born 1967) has been a correspondent for ABC News since May 2005, frequently reporting from Iraq.
His earlier journalistic positions have included stints with WNBC-TV in New York City (1998–1999) and KSAZ-TV in Phoenix, Arizona (1999–2002). He then worked for a short time as an anchor at Headline News, before transferring to CNN as a Los Angeles-based correspondent in March 2003.
Raised in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, Marquez earned an associate's degree from the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of New Mexico and a master's in international affairs from Columbia University.
Before beginning his journalistic career, Marquez was a researcher with the Congressional Research Service and then served as a legislative aide to then U.S. Representative Bill Richardson.
Marquez is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.[1]
Marquez was attacked by Bahraini police forces while covering the 2011 Bahraini protests in Pearl square, bravely continuing with a phone call report to ABC News in New York as he was targeted: "There was a canister that looked like -- No! No! No! Hey! I'm a journalist here! I'm going! I'm going! I'm going! I'm going! ... I'm hit."[2]
References
- ↑ Hernandez, Greg (January 30, 2007), "A chat w/Miguel Marquez of ABC News", Out in Hollywood, retrieved 2008-08-31
- ↑ "Bahrain Protests: ABC's Miguel Marquez Roughed Up; Marquez Hit With Billy Club, Has Camera Taken". Feb. 16, 2011.