Martín Andrés Markovits
Martin is the director, producer and co-writer of Tupamaro: Urban Guerrillas (2017). He's also an experienced broadcaster, newspaper and radio reporter, national and international political correspondent, as well as a media consultant. He's based in Los Angeles.
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Extensive experience reporting major political events throughout Latin America and the U.S.
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Director, producer, co-writer of an award-winning feature length documentary, Tupamaro: Urban Guerillas (2017). Winner of the Golden Palm for Best Picture & Best Foreign Film at the Beverly Hills International Film Festival (2017) and Best Feature Length Documentary, U.K Film Festival (2017)
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Experience writing featured articles, press releases and editing media content
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Strong researcher, interviewer and editor with written and verbal command of English and Spanish languages
Experience Summary:
Biography
Martin is an award-winning writer, director, producer and multi-media reporter. For a decade, he worked as a freelance journalist throughout Latin America for publications such as the San Francisco Chronicle, The New Statesman, and Huffington Post. He has produced radio and video features for NBC, ABC-Univision, Fusion, Free Speech Radio, News Network and PBS News Hour. He was also the Mexico and Venezuela correspondent for CGTN America. He has reported extensively in Venezuela, covering the Hugo Chavez presidency, politics and culture. Martin graduated with a master's degree in broadcast journalism from Columbia University. He is the director, producer and co-writer of Tupamaro: Urban Guerrillas (2017) a feature length documentary about leftist vigilantes tied to Hugo Chavez that patrol the streets of Caracas, fighting gangsters, government forces, and even themselves. It won Best Feature Film and Best Foreign Film at the 2017 Beverly Hills Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature at the 2017 UK Film Festival, and seven other awards. He is currently a correspondent for the broadcaster TRT World. Martin is a Los Angeles native and lives there still with his family. See the MEDIA section for samples of recent work.
Master of Science, Broadcast journalism, Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism, '10 - '11.
Bachelors of Arts, Political Science and English Major, Emphasis International Relations, University of California Santa Barbara. '98 - '02.
Education
Work Experience
June 2020 - Present
July 2013 - June 2017
Aug 2007 - Jul 2013
Jan 2006 - Jun 2008
TRT World, National Correspondent, Freelance
Wrote, shot and produced numerous news packages which were broadcast worldwide, including live stand-ups. See MEDIA section.
CGTN Documentary & News Producer - Venezuela & Mexico
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Produced 30+ longform documentaries and news packages within $10K+ budgets which broadcasted worldwide to international audiences
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Stories included: prison riots in Venezuela, El Chapo’s arrest, Hugo Chaves’s death, and danger of coral reefs
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Oversaw Venezuelan Bureau CGTN comprised 8 employees (journalists, producers, editors, and cameramen)
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Secured interviews with high-rank government officials, gang members, and narco traffickers
CGTN International Correspondent - Venezuela & Mexico
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Developed 200+ TV, internet, social media, and print stories on the Venezuelan economic crash and the Mexican drug war.
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Performed on-camera operations including interviews, video editing, and story development as main foreign TV correspondent
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Pitched story concepts to TV editors and wrote broadcast scripts on politics, economic, social, and current events.
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Contributed to daily meetings to develop strategies to achieve reporting metrics and remain updated on global current events
International Freelance Correspondent - Caracas, Venezuela
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Developed stories, conducted interviews, recorded, edited, and broadcasted for print, radio, and television productions• Wrote viral article in Huffington Post which revealed electoral irregulation in 2008 presidential election; resulted in recovery of 6K+ votes
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Covered the presidency of Hugo Chavez by traveling throughout Latin America as part of the Foreign Press Corp• Conducted interviews with politicians and business leaders on topics such as poverty, social justice, economics and elections.
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Media outlets include: ABC, PBC, Patch.com, The Huffington Post, Pacifica Free Speech Radio, San Francisco Chronicle, Univision
Daily Journal, Editor & Reporter - Caracas, Venezuela
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Served as general assignment reporter for the English national newspaper in Venezuela; reported 200+ total stories
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Covered breaking news, featured stories and international affairs; beats included politics, crime and business
