Bryan Llenas
Bryan Llenas | |
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 Llenas in 2019 | |
| Born | July 12, 1988 Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. |
| Education | University of Miami |
| Occupation | National Correspondent |
| Employer | Fox News |
Bryan Llenas (born July 12, 1988) is an American television news correspondent on the Fox News Channel. He has covered both national and international stories, including mass shootings, terror attacks and natural disasters.
Early life
[edit]Llenas is from Boca Raton, Florida. He attended the University of Miami and graduated in 2010[1] with a degree in broadcast journalism and political science. There he was inducted into the Iron Arrow Honor Society, the “highest honor attained at the University of Miami,” [2] and in 2017 won the University of Miami "Communicator of the Year" Award.[3]
Journalism career
[edit]Llenas is a correspondent at Fox News. Some of his first stories covered at Fox News were the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the inauguration of Pope Francis in Rome, and the Pope's visit to the United States.[1]
He has reported on the trial of Mexican Drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman in New York,[4] the Bill Cosby trial,[5] the Trump administration family separation policy,[6] the mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas,[7] Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico,[8] President Donald Trump's transition team,[9] and the September 2016 terrorist bombings in both Manhattan and New Jersey.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Llenas is gay and has talked openly about working for a conservative company as a gay minority and being accepted at Fox News.[11]
See also
[edit]- LGBT culture in New York City
- List of LGBT people from New York City
- New Yorkers in journalism
- NYC Pride March
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Llenas". UM School of Communication. May 30, 2014.
- ^ Iron Arrow Honor Society, University of Miami. 2009.
- ^ UM School of Communication, University of Miami. 2009.
- ^ El Chapo Trial, Fox News. February 23, 2019.
- ^ Crosby Verdict, Fox News. April 26, 2018.
- ^ Family Separation, Fox News. June 23, 2018.
- ^ "Officials: Texas church shooter identified as Devin Kelley". Fox News.
- ^ "Hurricane Maria's death toll jumps dramatically". Fox News. September 2018.
- ^ "Trump transition team kicks into high gear". Fox News. February 4, 2017.
- ^ "'A bomb went off in New York': Trump, Clinton respond to Manhattan explosion". Associated Press. September 18, 2016.
- ^ "Ep. 14 What Happens When You Get Your "Big Break" (Bryan Llenas) from You're Not Getting Any Younger". www.stitcher.com.
- 1988 births
- Living people
- American people of Dominican Republic descent
- American television reporters and correspondents
- American male journalists
- American gay writers
- American LGBTQ journalists
- Fox News people
- Hispanic and Latino American people in television
- Journalists from Florida
- People from Boca Raton, Florida
- LGBTQ people from Florida
- Gay journalists
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American journalists
- 21st-century American LGBTQ people