Juan Manuel Benitez Fernel (born 1974) is a Spanish journalist working in the United States. He is a bilingual anchor/reporter at Spectrum News NY1, covering politics, climate change and Hispanic issues. Since 2005, he is the host of Pura Política, a weekly current-affairs program on NY1 Noticias.
Benitez is an adjunct professor at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism]. He's also taught journalism at Columbia University.
Over the years, he's been a regular guest host of The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC Radio.
In 2007, Benitez was a guest host for Viva Voz, a talk-show on V-me.
He lives with his husband, Tazjuan Starr, in New York City.[1]
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