Maria Mercader (journalist)
Maria Carla Mercader (born November 28, 1965 in New York City ; † March 29, 2020 there ) was an American journalist .
Life
Maria Mercader studied at the Catholic Dominican Academy and graduated from the College of New Rochelle in 1987 . That same year, she found a job with the CBS page program . From there, she had the opportunity to switch to a journalist position via an internal training program. From then on, she produced smaller news articles about events at home and abroad. She received a News & Documentary Emmy Award for her contribution to business and financial reporting on "The Little Engine That Could, Spam " for CBS News Sunday Morning .
Mercader successfully fought cancer and was repeatedly affected by various diseases in the last two decades of her life. At the end of February 2020, she was diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection. She died on March 29, 2020 at the age of 54 during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City of complications from a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Remembering Maria Mercader, CBS News journalist for three decades , cbsnews.com , accessed April 4, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mercader, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mercader, Maria Carla (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 2020 |
| Place of death | New York City |