| Juan Manuel Benitez | |
| Birthname: | Juan Manuel Benitez Fernel |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Badajoz, Spain |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
Juan Manuel Benitez Fernel (born 1974) is a Spanish journalist working in the United States. He is the Philip S. Balboni Professor of Local Journalism at Columbia University Journalism School.
From 2003 to 2023, he worked as a bilingual anchor/reporter at Spectrum News NY1, covering politics, climate change and Hispanic issues. He was also the host of Pura Política, a weekly current-affairs program on NY1 Noticias.
Benitez was an adjunct professor at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.
Over the years, he's been a regular guest host of The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC Radio.
In 2007, Benitez was a guest host for Viva Voz, a talk-show on V-me.
He lives with his husband, Tazjuan Starr, in New York City.[1]
https://journalism.columbia.edu/faculty/juan-manuel-benitez