Maria Mercader

Maria Mercader

Maria Mercader

Journalist, news producer
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Maria Mercader

Journalist, news producer

November 28, 1965

New York City, New York

March 29, 2020

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Maria Mercader was an American journalist and news producer.

She is best known for her work producing various breaking news pieces, notably the sudden death of Princess Diana and the September 11, 2001 attacks.

A graduate of the College of New Rochelle in New York, Mercader began her career at CBS Newspath, producing pieces for distribution at CBS affiliates. She worked on the network’s foreign and national news desks.

In 2004, she won an Emmy Award for Business and Financial Reporting for a segment she produced entitled The Little Engine That Could, Spam, a CBS News Sunday Morning Feature report on computer spam.

Mercader died March 29, 2020, in New York City, New York. She was 54.

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