Avery Martinez is currently the water, ag & environment reporter for KMOV-TV in St. Louis, Missouri. He has worked in television, radio and newsprint across multiple states and markets. He brings a community approach to reporting. He cut his teeth in smaller family papers, before working in major syndicates and networks. Martinez has been a mental health correspondent, anchor, producer, legal staff writer, immigration specialist, editor, campaign correspondent and columnist—in addition to covering city, state and federal courts and legislatures. He was the first graduate of Fort Lewis College’s Journalism and Mass Media Studies program. Martinez has won awards and fellowships for his international coverage of healthcare systems, election committees, immigrant legal representation and the future of law school exams.
Beat: Water, agriculture and the environment
The environmental, water and agricultural reporter will research and report on topics and issues dealing with the environment, water and agricultural across the Mississippi River Valley in the Missouri/Illinois region—with a focus on the St. Louis metropolitan region encompassing nearly 3 million people. The reporter will turn daily, weekly and longform pieces and investigations both on-air and online.