Editor Post-Producer.
Emmy- and WHCA-award-winning editor.
More than 20 years cutting breaking news, sizzle reels, and fast-paced magazine programming for ABC News, MTV, Fuse, History, A&E, and Discovery.
Based in New York.
Featured cuts.
Other projects.
Edit bay. Most days.
I’m Harold Martinez, an Emmy Award–winning broadcast editor working in breaking news, longform storytelling, and fast-paced programming.
For more than a decade, I’ve worked on national coverage under live deadline pressure, cutting for World News Tonight, Good Morning America, and CBS Evening News. My work has contributed to three Emmy Awards with the World News Tonight team, along with White House Press Award–winning coverage of January 6 alongside Jon Karl.
I’ve always been drawn to the edit. That moment when structure, pacing, and instinct turn raw material into something clear and real. That part hasn’t changed. The stakes have.
I studied Film and Video Production at the City College of New York, where I found my place in post. While others chased the camera, I stayed in the room where the story comes together. My first professional job came in 2002. I’ve been working steadily ever since. These days I work across Avid, Premiere, and DaVinci Resolve, whatever the project calls for. The tools change. The job stays the same. Find the story, shape it, and deliver it under pressure. Based in New York City. Currently at ABC News.
Hardware on the shelf.
Three consecutive News and Documentary Emmy Awards with ABC World News Tonight, a White House Correspondents’ Association Award for ABC’s January 6 coverage, and five additional Emmy nominations across breaking, live, and continuing news.
Five additional News & Documentary Emmy nominations.
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2022
Outstanding Edited Breaking News Coverage
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2022
Outstanding Live News Program
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2022
Outstanding Continuing News Coverage · Short Form
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2024
Outstanding Breaking News Coverage
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2021
Outstanding Newscast
- ABC News — World News Tonight
- ABC News — Nightline
- ABC News — Good Morning America
- MTV — Teen Cribs
- Fuse — Fuse News
- History Channel
- A&E / Bio
- Discovery — Beyond Belief