With more than 23 years of journalism
experience to draw from, Renay San Miguel is a technology anchor and correspondent for CNN
Headline News based in CNNs world headquarters in Atlanta. San Miguel is also a
contributor to the science and technology series, Next@CNN, which airs on CNN/U.S.
on the weekends.
San Miguel recently covered the 2002 Consumer
Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where he filed reports for CNN, CNN Headline News, CNNfn
and CNN International. His reporting included an interview with Microsoft chairman Bill
Gates.
San Miguel joined the network in September 2001 from
CBS News and CBS Marketwatch, where he served as a reporter covering technology and
the high tech business industry. From 1997-2000 he was with CNBC, where he served as a
correspondent specializing in technology and the Internet. San Miguel also covered NASDAQ
and financial segments for CNBC. Before his work at CNBC, he was with ABC affiliate
WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas. During his tenure with WFAA-TV, San Miguel co-anchored the
morning and noon weekday newscasts and also reported on politics and education. In
addition, he helped to create La Vida, a half-hour Sunday Hispanic newsmagazine
show for the affiliate, for which he hosted and served as managing editor and reporter.
San Miguel has received several awards including a
Heartland Emmy Award and a University of Maryland Casey Award for his work on
documentaries involving television violence and welfare reform.
San Miguel also has served as an anchor and reporter
for stations in San Francisco, Austin, and San Angelo, Texas. Before beginning his
broadcast journalism career, San Miguel was a reporter and columnist for the San Angelo
Standard-Time for six years.
San Miguel attended Angelo State University in San
Angelo, Texas, which in 2000 named him a Distinguished Alumni.