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MIGUEL MARQUEZ
ABC News Correspondent
Miguel Marquez is an ABC News correspondent based in the network’s Los Angeles bureau. He reports for “World News with Charles Gibson” and its webcast, “Good Morning America,” and “Nightline,” as well as other broadcasts and platforms.
Since joining ABC News in May 2005, Mr. Marquez has reported extensively on the Iraq war. Recently he reported from Fallujah and Ramadi in Anbar province, as well as Baghdad and Diyala province on decreasing violence and the changing role of the US military in the country. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his part in reporting that al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab Al Zarqawi had been killed. Mr. Marquez also reported from Germany on a U.S. investigation into a terror plot there.
In Los Angeles, Mr. Marquez has covered a wide-range of stories -- from Hollywood to California trends to wildfires. He always has fire gear in his car and has reported extensively on the wildfires that rage throughout California almost year-round. He has also covered the growing debate over immigration and the problem of homelessness in downtown Los Angeles. Mr. Marquez has file other reports on everything from new technologies to video games to alternative fuels for the “World News” webcast and ABC’s digital platforms.
Previously Mr. Marquez served as a Los Angeles-based correspondent for CNN, a role he held since March 2003. There he covered California wildfires and mudslides, the gubernatorial race between Arnold Schwarzenegger and then-Mayor Gray Davis, and the Michael Jackson case. From 1999-2002, Mr. Marquez reported for KSAZ-TV, the Fox affiliate in Phoenix, and from 1998-1999 he covered daily events in New York City as a general assignment reporter for WNBC-TV, the NBC affiliate. Mr. Marquez also spent several years in Washington, DC as a legislative aide to then-United States Representative Bill Richardson and as a researcher for the Congressional Research Service.
Mr. Marquez has an associate’s degree from the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico, a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of New Mexico and a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University.