John Quinones Biography
John Quiñones (Juan Manuel Quiñones ) an American ABC News correspondent as of 1982. He is known for hosting the ABC hidden camera program: What Would You Do? one of the highest-rated newsmagazine franchises of recent years. Quinones has also appeared on ABC News programs such as Good Morning America, Nightline, and 20/20.
John Quinones Age
Quiñones was born on May 23, 1952, in San Antonio, Texas, United States of America.
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During his over 35 year tenure at ABC News, he has reported extensively for all programs and platforms and served as anchor of “Primetime.” When John was covering the Chilean miners’ disaster in 2010, he was the first journalist out of thousands to get an exclusive interview with the first survivor (Mario Sepulveda), who spoke about their horrendous ordeal.
Other current headline-making interviews include an exclusive with singer/actor Marc Anthony who, for the first time, spoke about his separation and pending divorce from Jennifer Lopez.
John Quinones Salary
Quinones earns an estimated annual salaries range of $112K to $124K.
John Quinones Net Worth
Quiñones has an estimated net worth of about $2 million.
John Quinones Height and Weight
Quiñones stands tall at an average height and has an average body weight.
John Quinones Education
Quiñones joinedd Brackenridge High School in San Antonio. He later joined St. Mary’s University, in San Antonio where he earned his a bachelor’s degree in Speech Communication. He later earned his master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of Journalism.
He as well earned two honorary degrees: in 2016 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Utah Valley University and in 2014 a Doctor of Letters degree from Davis & Elkins College.
John Quinones Family
Quiñones was born to migrant parents Maria Quiñones and Bruno Quiñones. He was raised up along with his sisters Rosemary Quiñones and Irma Quiñones. He did not learn English until he started school at age 6.
John Quinones Wife
Quiñones married a former model and a registered nurse Deanna White in 2010. The duo lives in New York City with his lovely wife Deanna.
He was previously married to his high school lover, Nancy Loftus. They tied the knot in 1988 at a private ceremony in West Palm Beach, Florida, and divorced in 2009 after 30 years of marriage. Together they shares three grown-up children.
John Quinones Son
Quiñones has two sons Nicco Quiñones who is a multimedia producer and filmmaker and Julian Quiñones who is a Producer for the CNN original documentary series “The Wonder List” with Bill Weir.
John Quinones House
Quiñones has a condo in Manhattan, New York, home in Southlake, Texas, a vacation home in Vail, Colorado, and a weekend home in The Hamptons, New York.
John Quinones Awards
- George Foster Peabody Award, 1999, ABC News, New York, New York, “ABC 2000” (also known as ABC 2000 Today.)
- ALMA Award from the National Council of La Raza.
- CINE award for his report on suicide bombers in Israel.
Gabriel Award. - 7-time Emmy Award winner.
- World Hunger Media Award and a Citation from the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.
- Pigasus Award, 2005, ABC’s Primetime Live, for its credulous “John of God ” special, about Brazilian “psychic surgeon” João Teixeira