Markie Martin serves as the anchor of NewsNation’s morning show, Morning in America (weekdays, 6-9 a.m. ET).
From June 2023 to January 2024, Ms. Martin co-anchored the program alongside Adrienne Bankert. She joined NewsNation as the network’s Dallas-based correspondent in May 2020.
During her tenure, she has covered major stories, including the U.S. border crisis, natural disasters, including Hurricanes Ida and Laura, and the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. In 2022, she conducted an exclusive interview with former President Donald Trump from Mar-a-Lago to discuss his 2024 presidential plans and the state of the country, among other topics.
Prior to joining NewsNation, Ms. Martin was the weekday morning show anchor for KOCO 5 News (ABC) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where she helmed wall-to-wall breaking news and weather, including the Oklahoma teacher strike, the 23rd anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, and the decades-long investigation into the disappearance of eight-year-old Kirsten Hatfield. Ms. Martin began her broadcast career at KTEN News (NBC) in Denison, Texas, where she held roles as both an anchor and reporter.
Prior to television news, she was part of the events planning team at The Atlantic and National Journal in Washington, D.C. She graduated from the University of Richmond with a degree in Journalism and Latin American and Iberian Studies. She has been a licensed private pilot since 2009.
