Miguel Marquez Biography
Miguel Marquez is an American anchor and reporter working for CNN as a Senior National correspondent. He joined the CNN news team in February 2012, after previously working for ABC News.
Miguel Marquez Career
Marquez is a top national correspondent for CNN who is based in New York. The award-winning reporter has covered news and reported about several important stories in the United States and other countries. Marquez reported a lot about the COVID-19 pandemic from around the world. He went to overcrowded emergency rooms and hospitals in New York City at the start of the outbreak, to Texas during the summer, to western and rural areas that were full of disease in the early fall, to a huge rise in cases in the winter, and finally to the human and economic costs of the coronavirus across the US.
Marquez had amazing access to many hospitals, including enough to report for an hour on how terrible things were in New York City at the start of the pandemic thanks to the doctors and staff at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. Marquez has also covered a lot about politics and how they are changing across the land. He reported on protests and voters in the 2016 election. Since then, he’s covered split voters all over the country, with a focus on the industrial Midwest and places that went from Obama in 2012 to Trump in 2016 and how they voted in 2020.
Marquez also reported a lot about how the Minneapolis police killed George Floyd and the protests and events that followed. He was in charge of CNN’s coverage from Baltimore, where there were riots and chaos after Freddie Gray died while in police custody. The Golden Nymph Award was given to CNN by Marquez at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in 2016 for its coverage of the 2015 events in Baltimore.
Marquez also covered the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and the sailor Jose Alvarenga who spent six months at sea. He did this while reporting from Rio de Janeiro for Pope Francis’s first foreign trip, World Youth Day, and from Rome for the election of the Pope. Marquez reported a lot about Colorado’s new marijuana business and got a behind-the-scenes look at a high-tech border tunnel near San Diego, California. He reported about Christopher Dorner’s rage across California in 2013, the rape of five Spanish tourists in Acapulco, Mexico, the trial of Jodi Arias in Phoenix, Arizona, and the controversial Scientology book “Going Clear.”
Marquez covered a run of stories about the 2012 US presidential election from five close states. He was on the team that won an Emmy for CNN’s coverage of Election Night in 2012. Marquez also wrote about Mexico’s historic election and even got an exclusive interview with Enrique Pena Nieto, who was the front-runner at the time. He wrote a series from the Arctic about Shell Oil’s controversial choice to drill there. He also wrote about the anti-Islamic filmmaker Nakoula Nakoula and what happened after the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Marquez also got the only TV interview with the ex-boyfriend who said that Paul Babeu, the conservative sheriff of Arizona, harassed her.
Marquez used to work for ABC News in London and Los Angeles before he joined CNN. He covered the Norway bombing and the killing of children at a camp. He also covered the anti-government protests in Bahrain, and the fight for Libya from both Tripoli and Benghazi. One of Marquez’s many jobs in Afghanistan was to cover a big Marine operation in Now Zad, Helmand Province. He was the only TV reporter there. Marquez also wrote about the attack to take back control of Marja, a key city in Helmand Province. He also went to Iraq a lot to cover the war during the height of the uprising and the US-led surge that followed. Marquez was up for an Emmy for his work on ABC’s coverage of the US killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq.
From April 2003 to May 2004, he worked as an anchor for CNN Headline News from CNN’s world offices in Atlanta. In June 2003, Marquez went to Los Angeles to work as a reporter for CNN. While there, he covered everything from wildfires to the first Michael Jackson trial. Marquez worked as a desk assistant at CBS News before she joined CNN. His first job as a reporter was at WNBC in New York, where he covered the city’s daily news. He went to Phoenix, Arizona, and worked as a general assignment reporter at KSAZ for three years.
Marquez worked as a legislative assistant for US Representative Bill Richardson before becoming a television journalist. Two US helicopter pilots were shot down north of the demilitarized zone while going to Pyongyang, North Korea as part of a congressional delegation. Marquez helped negotiate for their release. The first job Marquez had was as a reporter in Washington, D.C., for the Congressional Research Service.
Marquez studied at Columbia University and earned a master’s degree in foreign affairs. He also studied at the University of New Mexico where he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science. Additionally, from the New Mexico Military Institute, he has an associate’s degree in arts.
Miguel Marquez Salary
Marquez earns a salary of about $47,000-$120,000.
Miguel Marquez Net Worth
Marquez has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which he has earned through his career as a News Correspondent.
Miguel Marquez Age
Marquez was born on September 3, 1967, in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, United States. He is 56 years old as of 2023, and he celebrates his birthday on the 3rd of September every year.
Miguel Marquez Height and Weight
Marquez stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall (1.75m) and weighs 65 kgs (143 lbs)
Miguel Marquez Family
Marquez likes to keep his personal life private hence he has neither disclosed the names of his parent nor those of his siblings. However, this information will be updated when available.
Miguel Marquez Wife and Children
Marquez is openly gay but has not disclosed any details concerning his partner. He has also not disclosed whether he has any children or plans to have any. However, this information will be updated when available.
Miguel Marquez Social Media Platforms
Marquez is very active on his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. He has 24.3k followers on Twitter 5.3k followers on Instagram, and 600 followers on Facebook.