Oscar Margain is a multilingual, multimedia journalist whose stories have taken him from the U.S.-Mexico border to China and back.
Margain returned state-side after two years in China working as a multimedia editor for China Media Group, where he helped vet and polish news stories slated for online publishing in the network’s New Media department. He also reported on a variety of cultural and social issues and hosted multiple social media livestreams from across the country.
During his time in China, Margain also freelanced as an international correspondent for Univision, filing stories in Spanish from Beijing on the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent pandemic.
Prior to his stint in Asia, he spent the first seven years of his journalism career at the Texas-Mexico border covering major stories of national and international interest, including the immigration crisis, border security, the drug war and U.S.-Mexico trade issues.
In 2016, Margain joined TEGNA Media as a southwest border correspondent based out of the KENS 5 San Antonio station in Texas, contributing to the company’s 50-plus news affiliates.
His formative years were in the Texas Rio Grande Valley, where he worked as a bilingual TV reporter and anchor for the local Fox and Univision stations, as well as a multimedia reporter for the Telemundo affiliate in McAllen, Texas, from 2013 to 2016. He started his journalism career with a brief role as a photojournalist in 2011 at KRGV-ABC in Weslaco, Texas.
His work at the U.S.-Mexico border has earned him multiple awards including four regional Emmys, two Texas Associated Press awards, two Houston Press Club awards, and a regional Edward R. Murrow. Margain has also been recognized by the New England Emmy chapter for his reporting with nominations in 2022 and 2023.
Margain graduated from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a bachelor’s degree in mass communication and in French language studies, with a focus in global security and Spanish.
The Monterrey, Mexico, native is now based in New England as a general-assignment reporter for Boston’s NBC, NECN and Telemundo networks.
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