Cristian Benavides has joined CBS News as a Miami-based correspondent.
He was most recently a general assignment reporter for NBC 6 in Miami, where he had worked since June 2021.
Benavides previously worked in New York as a reporter for WPIX. He was also a reporter at WNJU Telemundo 47.
Prior to his move to New York, he did stints at Telemundo Phoenix and Washington, DC.
Benavides started his journalism career as an anchor and reporter for the Univision affiliate in Tampa.