Mai Martinez

Mai Martinez
Born	December 16, 1973 (1973-12-16) (age 37) San Francisco, California
Residence	Chicago, Illinois
Education	Jacksonville State University
Occupation	News Anchor, Reporter
Years active	2003 - Present
Employer	WOXR K-98 WDSI-TV WBRC-TV WBBM-TV May 2006 - Present

Mai Martinez (born December 16, 1973) is an American television news anchor and reporter.

Early life and education

A native of San Francisco, Martinez earned a bachelor's degree in 1997 from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama.^[1][2]

Professional career

Martinez began her broadcasting career as a video editor at WBRC-TV in Birmingham, Alabama, where she worked from 1997 until 2003. In 2000, she co-hosted a morning radio show on WOXR-FM in Oxford, Alabama.^[3] In 2003, Martinez became a photographer, general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor at WDSI-TV in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She then rejoined WBRC-TV in April 2004 as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor. While there, Martinez developed a higher level of national visibility when she spent eight weeks in Aruba covering the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.^[1]

In May 2006, Martinez was hired by WBBM-TV in Chicago as a general assignment reporter. On September 20, 2007, she was promoted to be a weekend news anchor at the station.

Personal

Martinez is half Cuban and half Vietnamese.^[1] She is single and lives in the Uptown neighborhood on Chicago's North Side.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} http://cbs2chicago.com/bios/mai.martinez.wbbm.9.291745.html
2. ^ http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_45056.asp
3. ^ http://cbs2chicago.com/pressreleases/2.327579.html
4. ^ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/1128311641.html?dids=1128311641:1128311641&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+15%2C+2006&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&edition=&startpage=43&desc=Pitcher+adds+another+home

External links

• WBBM-TV Profile

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