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Christian Martin (born 1967) is a Vice President of Broadband Strategy and Development at A+E Networks [AETN.com].

He is married to Elizabeth Catherine Cole [1], the Executive Producer of Dateline NBC [2]. They have two children, Charles and Emilia, and live in Brooklyn.

Childhood Christian was born in New York City in 1967. His mother, Nancy Fales Garrett [4] [8] is a playwright and school teacher. His father, Jared Martin [5] [9], is an actor, photographer and past creative director of the Big Picture Alliance [6] [10]. His paternal grandfather was Charles E. Martin[7] [11], the New Yorker Magazine cartoonist and cover artist. His maternal grandfather is the attorney Haliburton Fales II [8] [12], former President of The Morgan Library [9] [13] in New York.

Schooling He attended Saint Ann's School [14] in Brooklyn, New York. He went to college at University of Michigan [15] where he received a BA in 1989 and then to New York University [www.nyu.edu/] where he received an MA in 1993.

Career Martin has held the post of Vice President Broadband Strategy and Development for A+E Networks also known as Lifetime Networks since June 2008. At A+E, Christian is responsible for all Broadband, loosely described as video, where he and his team created all of the Project Runway [10] [16] video extras including the Tim Gunn's Workroom and the Project Runway Buzz Room [11] [17] an aggregation of all the internet chatter around Project Runway.

He worked for NBC News, mostly for Dateline NBC, from 1993 till 2006. He has also covered the 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006 Olympics for NBC Sports - he won Sports Emmys for his coverage of the 2000, 2002 [12] [ http://www.emmyonline.tv/emmy/sportsceremony.html] and 2004 [13] [18] Olympics.

From 2003 to 2006 he was primarily Ann Curry's producer for NBC. Together they covered earthquakes in Pakistan [14] [19], the Tsunami in Sri Lanka, interviewed First Lady Laura Bush [15] [20], Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie [16] [21], and the American hostage Thomas Hamill [17] [22].

In August, 2006 he moved to iVillage.com where he was Vice-President and the Executive Producer of Content, Programming and Integration. He held that post through May 2008.

He was featured in "Covering Catastrophy: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11." [18] [23] [19] [[Covering Catastrophy: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11" Author(s): Gilbert, Allison; Hirschkorn, Phil; Murphy, Melinda; Walensky, Robyn; Stephens, Mitchell ISBN 156625180X ISBN 9781566251805 Format: Hardcover Pub. Date: 4/1/2002 Publisher(s): Natl Book Network]] Martin covering the event for NBC News bought a camera from a tourist on the street and recorded the collapse of the south tower while standing near its base . He was thrown by the blast, briefly losing consciousness and then made it uptown to the Today Show studios where he appeared with Tom Brokaw, Matt Lauer and Katie Couric [20] [24]. He also appeared [21] [25] on Dateline NBC. The video tape he shot appeared frequently in the weeks and months after the collapse. Oliver Stone licensed a snippet of that footage for his 2006 movie, World Trade Center, starring Nick Cage. See the footage he shot here[22] [[26]].

Martin was a panelist [23] [27] at New York University's The Journalism of 9-11-A Decade Later [24] [28].

Martin was an eyewitness to Flight 1549 - the US Air plane the landed in the Hudson River. He appeared on the NBC Nightly News [25] [29] and Dateline [26] [30] that evening.

Additional Awards 2000 & 2002 & 2004 Sports Emmy, 2004 Genesis Award, 2001 Sigma Delta Chi Award, 2001 Edward R. Murrow Award, 1999 Clarion Award, 1998 CINE, 1997 First Place International Television – Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, 1996 – Gold Medal Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., 1993 Sid Gross Investigative Journalism Award (NYU), nine News Emmy nominations 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1994

Martin has a blog [27] [christianmartinblog.blogspot.com/] and a Twitter [31] feed.

References


1. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/30/style/weddings-elizabeth-cole-christian-martin.html "NYT: Weddings: Elizabeth Cole and Christian Martin - 29 August 1998"

2. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44540795/ns/dateline_nbc-about_us/t/elizabeth-cole/?fb_ref=.TnqFxoXYZrk.like&fb_source=profile_oneline#.TnyWxK6S57e "MSNBC: Liz Cole named Executive Producer of Dateline NBC - 23 September 2011"

4. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552474/ "IMDB Profile Page - Jaren Martin"


Christian Martin (born 1967) is a Vice President of Broadband Strategy and Development at A+E Networks.

He is married to Elizabeth Catherine Cole [1], the Executive Producer of Dateline NBC [2]. They have two children, Charles and Emilia, and live in Brooklyn.

Childhood Christian was born in New York City in 1967. His mother, Nancy Fales Garrett [3] is a playwright and school teacher. His father, Jared Martin [4], is an actor, photographer and past creative director of the Big Picture Alliance [5]. His paternal grandfather was Charles E. Martin [6], the New Yorker Magazine cartoonist and cover artist. His maternal grandfather is the attorney Haliburton Fales II [7], former President of The Morgan Library [8] in New York.

Schooling He attended Saint Ann's School [55] in Brooklyn, New York. He went to college at University of Michigan [56] where he received a BA in 1989 and then to New York University [www.nyu.edu/] where he received an MA in 1993.

Career Martin has held the post of Vice President Broadband Strategy and Development for A+E Networks also known as Lifetime Networks since June 2008. At A+E, Christian is responsible for all Broadband, loosely described as video, where he and his team created all of the Project Runway [10] [57] video extras including the Tim Gunn's Workroom and the Project Runway Buzz Room [11] [58] an aggregation of all the internet chatter around Project Runway.

He worked for NBC News, mostly for Dateline NBC, from 1993 till 2006. He has also covered the 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006 Olympics for NBC Sports - he won Sports Emmys for his coverage of the 2000, 2002 [12] [ http://www.emmyonline.tv/emmy/sportsceremony.html] and 2004 [13] [59] Olympics.

From 2003 to 2006 he was primarily Ann Curry's producer for NBC. Together they covered earthquakes in Pakistan [14] [60], the Tsunami in Sri Lanka, interviewed First Lady Laura Bush [15] [61], Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie [16] [62], and the American hostage Thomas Hamill [17] [63].

In August, 2006 he moved to iVillage.com where he was Vice-President and the Executive Producer of Content, Programming and Integration. He held that post through May 2008.

He was featured in "Covering Catastrophy: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11." [18] [64] [19] [[Covering Catastrophy: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11" Author(s): Gilbert, Allison; Hirschkorn, Phil; Murphy, Melinda; Walensky, Robyn; Stephens, Mitchell ISBN 156625180X ISBN 9781566251805 Format: Hardcover Pub. Date: 4/1/2002 Publisher(s): Natl Book Network]] Martin covering the event for NBC News bought a camera from a tourist on the street and recorded the collapse of the south tower while standing near its base . He was thrown by the blast, briefly losing consciousness and then made it uptown to the Today Show studios where he appeared with Tom Brokaw, Matt Lauer and Katie Couric [20] [65]. He also appeared [21] [66] on Dateline NBC. The video tape he shot appeared frequently in the weeks and months after the collapse. Oliver Stone licensed a snippet of that footage for his 2006 movie, World Trade Center, starring Nick Cage. See the footage he shot here[22] [[67]].

Martin was a panelist [23] [68] at New York University's The Journalism of 9-11-A Decade Later [24] [69].

Martin was an eyewitness to Flight 1549 - the US Air plane the landed in the Hudson River. He appeared on the NBC Nightly News [25] [70] and Dateline [26] [71] that evening.

Additional Awards 2000 & 2002 & 2004 Sports Emmy, 2004 Genesis Award, 2001 Sigma Delta Chi Award, 2001 Edward R. Murrow Award, 1999 Clarion Award, 1998 CINE, 1997 First Place International Television – Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, 1996 – Gold Medal Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., 1993 Sid Gross Investigative Journalism Award (NYU), nine News Emmy nominations 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1994

Martin has a blog [27] [christianmartinblog.blogspot.com/] and a Twitter [72] feed.

References

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