Jean Martirez

Jean Martirez (born on January 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Filipino-American newscaster who co-anchors the KTTV FOX 11 Morning News, FOX 11 News at 10 A.M. and FOX 11 News at Noon along with Tony McEwing.

Biography
Martirez joined KTTV in October of 1995 as a general assignment reporter for the station’s morning news and its Good Day LA program.

Prior to arriving at KTTV Martirez worked at the Denver CBS-affiliate KCNC anchoring their morning newscasts.

Martirez attended the University of Missouri where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism. After graduating Martirez began her broadcasting career working as a weekend anchor and reporter for KOMU in Columbia, Missouri.

She would then move on to WXII in Winston-Salem, North Carolina where she worked as a morning anchor and reporter. Martirez was then hired as an anchor and reporter for the Harlingen, Texas CBS-affiliate KGBT.

Martirez would relocated to San Antonio, Texas where she began working for ABC-affiliate KSAT as a morning anchor.

During her time in Denver, from 1993-1995 Martirez hosted an Emmy Award winning syndicated children’s newsmagazine “News for Kids”.

Personal
Martirez’ was born in Chicago, Illinois where her parents met. She is a first generation Filipino-American and is of mixed Filipino, Spanish and Chinese heritage.

Martirez lives in Malibu, California with her husband and two children.