Matt Gutman

Birth Name:

Matt Gutman

Birth Place:

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Grew up in Westfield, N․J․, and earned his degree at Massachusetts's Williams College
Published his first article in the "Buenos Aires Herald" in 2000 while traveling through Latin America and Africa as a freelance writer
As a Miami-based ABC News correspondent, he provided detailed coverage of the gulf oil spill and BP's involvement in the disaster
In 2002, he reported for various publications from Jerusalem, and during the peak of the Palestinian uprising he embedded himself in the West Bank with Palestinians and settlers
Spend a month in Beijing to cover the 2008 Olympics
While working as a correspondent for ABC News Radio in Miami, he reported on the 2008 elections and the earthquake in Haiti
Was in Iraq when Saddam Hussein was captured in December 2003 and learned what had happened from a shepherd who'd watched the event on al Jazeera

2018Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine:Winner
2018Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2018Emmy - Outstanding News Special:Nominated
2019Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Morning Program:Nominated
2019Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2019Emmy - Outstanding Feature Story in a Newscast:Nominated

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