John Quinones
Birth Name:
John Manuel Quiñones
Birth Place:
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Profession
Writer
Fast Facts
- Won a CINE Award for his report suicide bombers in Israel
- Won a First Prize in International Reporting and a Robert F․ Kennedy Prize for his documentary "Modern Slavery - Children Sugar Cane Cutters in the Dominican Republic․"
- Won a George Foster Peabody Award for his coverage during the ABC News 24-hour Millennium broadcast
- Graduated from St․ Mary's University with a degree in Speech Communications and earned his Master's from the Columbia School of Journalism
- Started out as a news editor for KTRH radio in Houston, Texas in 1975, during which time he also worked as an anchor and reporter for KPRC-TV
- Best known as a news correspondent and anchor of "Primetime: What Would You Do?"
- Worked as a reporter for WBBM-TV in Chicago before joining ABC News as a general assignment correspondent in 1982
- Spent a decade in various Central American countries during the 1980s, where he reported for "World News Tonight․"
- Was the first journalist to interview Mario Sepulveda, the first survivor of the Chilean miners' disaster in 2010
Awards
- 1999ALMA Award - Outstanding Correspondent in a Primetime News Magazine:Nominated
- 1999Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story - Segments:Nominated
- 2005Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine:Nominated
- 2024News and Documentary Emmy - Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Long Form:Winner
- 2025News and Documentary Emmy - Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary:Nominated