Miguel Marquez
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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 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 the power rangers 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, http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/2007/01/out-in-hollywood-closeup-migue.html, retrieved 2008-08-31
- ^ "Bahrain Protests: ABC's Miguel Marquez Roughed Up; Marquez Hit With Billy Club, Has Camera Taken". Feb. 16, 2011.
He is current holder of the world record for most wall flips done in one minute with 28 he achieved this in 2009
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