{{short description|American television news correspondent (born 1988)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Bryan Llenas | image = Bryan Llenas at Bravo Awards.jpg | caption = Llenas in 2019 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|7|12}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Boca Raton, Florida]], U.S.}} | education = [[University of Miami]] | occupation = National Correspondent | years_active = | employer = [[Fox News]] }} '''Bryan Llenas''' (born July 12, 1988) is an American television news correspondent on the [[Fox News|Fox News Channel]]. He has covered both national and international stories, including mass shootings, terror attacks and natural disasters.
==Early life== Llenas is from [[Boca Raton, Florida]]. He attended the [[University of Miami]] and graduated in 2010<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://com.miami.edu/spotlight/bryan-llenas|title=Llenas|date=30 May 2014|website=UM School of Communication}}</ref> with a degree in broadcast journalism and political science. There he was inducted into the Iron Arrow Honor Society, the “highest honor attained at the University of Miami,” <ref>[http://www.ironarrow.com/recenttappees.html Iron Arrow Honor Society], University of Miami. 2009.</ref> and in 2017 won the University of Miami "Communicator of the Year" Award.<ref>[https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/1479fca62588e3f97406f84e1143f096/5D6873F2/t51.2885-15/e35/18251348_122237451666180_4716008965865996288_n.jpg?_nc_ht%3Dscontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com%26se%3D8&imgrefurl=https://picgra.com/location/um-school-of-communication/353509985&tbnid=U-QutkvtYplVJM&vet=1&docid=ScF-6t687ZQFAM&w=1080&h=1080&hl=en-us&source=sh/x/im UM School of Communication], University of Miami. 2009.</ref>
==Journalism career== Llenas is a correspondent at Fox News. Some of his first stories covered at Fox News were the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the inauguration of Pope Francis in [[Rome]], and the Pope's visit to the United States.<ref name="auto"/>
He has reported on the trial of Mexican Drug lord Joaquin '[[El Chapo]]' Guzman in New York,<ref>[https://video.foxnews.com/v/6001288649001 El Chapo Trial], Fox News. February 23, 2019.</ref> the [[Bill Cosby trial]],<ref>[https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/5776941571001 Crosby Verdict], Fox News. April 26, 2018.</ref> the [[Trump administration family separation policy]],<ref>[https://video.foxnews.com/v/5801134627001 Family Separation], Fox News. June 23, 2018.</ref> the [[Sutherland Springs church shooting|mass shooting at a church]] in Sutherland Springs, Texas,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/5636251939001/|title=Officials: Texas church shooter identified as Devin Kelley|website=Fox News|date=November 5, 2017 }}</ref> [[Hurricane Irma]] and [[Hurricane Maria]] in Puerto Rico,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/5829798801001/|title=Hurricane Maria's death toll jumps dramatically|website=Fox News|date=September 2018 }}</ref> President Donald Trump's transition team,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/5216476667001/|title=Trump transition team kicks into high gear|website=Fox News|date=February 4, 2017 }}</ref> and the [[2016 New York and New Jersey bombings|September 2016 terrorist bombings]] in both Manhattan and New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/a-bomb-went-off-in-new-york-trump-clinton-respond-to-manhattan-explosion|title='A bomb went off in New York': Trump, Clinton respond to Manhattan explosion|date=18 September 2016|website=Associated Press}}</ref>
==Personal life== Llenas is gay and has talked openly about working for a conservative company as a gay minority and being accepted at Fox News.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=54930501|title=Ep. 14 What Happens When You Get Your "Big Break" (Bryan Llenas) from You're Not Getting Any Younger|website=www.stitcher.com}}</ref>
==See also== * [[LGBT culture in New York City]] * [[List of LGBT people from New York City]] * [[New Yorkers in journalism]]
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