Mark Pegenia Salazar (; born September 26, 1977) is a Filipino

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

, television news producer, newscaster, field reporter, & host. He is currently serving as the co-host of ''iJuander'' with

Susan Enriquez Susan Sevillo (born May 24, 1962) known professionally as Susan Enriquez, is a Fiipino journalist, radio and TV news reporter and host for GMA Network, GMA News TV, and DZBB. Background Enriquez came from a poor family and as a child, she dreame ...

Career

Salazar started out as a news producer of

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in 2001. He became part of

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as a journalist since 2005. He was also an associate producer for '' 24 Oras Weekend''. He anchored ''

Balita Pilipinas Ngayon ''Balita Pilipinas Ngayon'' () is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by GMA News TV. Anchored by Maki Pulido and Mark Salazar, it premiered on July 11, 2011. The show concluded on May 31, 2019. Format It served as the sp ...

'' with

Maki Pulido Maria Judea "Maki" Jimenez Pulido (born May 20, 1972) is a Filipino journalist and one of the two host of '' Reporter's Notebook'', a current affairs programme on the Philippines terrestrial television channel GMA Network with Jiggy Manicad (no ...

from 2011 until its conclusion on 2019. Salazar also anchored the weekend edition of ''

Balitanghali ''Balitanghali'' is a Philippine television news broadcasting show produced by GMA Integrated News and Public Affairs. Originally anchored by Pia Arcangel and Raffy Tima, it premiered on November 11, 2005, on Q. The show was carried over on GM ...

'' with Mav Gonzales, replacing the original anchors

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and Jun Veneracion who both left. the weekend newscast was cancelled in March 2020 due to

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. On 2021, he joined

as the co-host of ''

iJuander ''iJuander'' is a Philippine television news magazine show broadcast by GMA News TV and GTV (Philippine TV network), GTV. Originally hosted by Susan Enriquez and Cesar Apolinario, it premiered on February 28, 2011. Enriquez and Mark Salazar c ...

,'' two years after Enriquez becomes the sole host due to the passing of her original co-host, Cesar Apolinario.

References

1977 births Living people Filipino television journalists GMA Network personalities GMA Integrated News and Public Affairs people {{Philippines-journalist-stub