Mark Salazar

{{Short description|Filipino journalist (born 1977)}} {{Philippine name|Pegenia|Salazar}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Use Philippine English|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Mark Salazar | birth_name = Mark Pegenia Salazar | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|9|26}} | birth_place = Manila, Philippines | occupation = journalist, newscaster, Television producer, Field reporter | years_active = 2004–present | employer = GMA Network }}

'''Mark Pegenia Salazar''' ({{IPA|tl|sɐlɐˈsaɾ}}; born September 26, 1977<ref name="cast">{{Cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2012/05/06/803805/spice-boys-kapuso-news|title=The Spice Boys of Kapuso News|website=The Philippine Star}}</ref>) is a Filipino journalist, television news producer, newscaster, field reporter, & host. He is currently serving as the co-host of ''iJuander'' on GTV and the radio program ''Usap Tayo: Super Kwentuhan with Mark and Susan'' on DZBB-AM, both alongside Susan Enriquez.

== Career == Salazar started out as a news producer of GMA Network in 2001. He became part of GMA News as a journalist since 2005. He was also an associate producer for ''24 Oras Weekend''.<ref name="cast" />

He anchored ''Balita Pilipinas Ngayon'' with Maki Pulido from 2011 until its conclusion in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GMA News TV launches six new programs {{!}} Philstar.com |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2011/07/11/704496/gma-news-tv-launches-six-new-programs |access-date=June 8, 2018 |website=The Philippine Star}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=BP: Balita Pilipinas Ngayon, magpapaalam na makalipas ang 8 taon | date=May 31, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p50BII9el8I |language=en |access-date=2022-11-03}}</ref> Salazar also anchored the weekend edition of ''Balitanghali'' with Mav Gonzales, replacing the original anchors Mariz Umali and Jun Veneracion who both left. The weekend newscast was canceled in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In February 2021, he joined Susan Enriquez as the co-host of ''iJuander,'' two years after Enriquez went solo due to the passing of her original co-host, Cesar Apolinario.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark Salazar is the newest I Juander host, promises 'more fun, more tawa' |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/content/776745/mark-salazar-is-the-newest-i-juander-host-promises-more-fun-more-tawa/story/ |access-date=2021-02-21 |website=GMA News Online |date=February 20, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

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