Miguel Garcia

* Disclaimer: While place descriptions and news events may coincide with the real world, all characters and the plot are fictional.
== Biography ==
=== Portland State University ===
==== Book 3: Don't Go ====
Emily is not sure what Miguel's major is.
=== Eyewitness News ===
==== Book 1: Stories We Tell ====
Miguel Garcia is a one of the EWN videographers, usually teamed with Karin Stolnik and Jason Brown. After Cage Washington, Miguel is the most skilled at editing video for broadcast.
On the afternoon of Friday May 29, 2020 Miguel, Jason, and Karin cover the arrival of the protest march from Peninsular Park in North Portland to the Justice Center. As it gets dark, Miguel walks from the Justice Center toward the protesters, then films them from the front as they approach. At 9pm, Miguel sends Jason and Karin back to EWN with their cameras, but stays downtown himself. When Cage returns to the protests shortly after, and he sends Miguel back to EWN to edit video for a rough-cut documentary to be run after the newscast ends. 
In the early hours of Saturday morning, Miguel is still downloading files and editing video. When Cage returns from the downtown protest, Ryan Matthews, Ben, Corey, Cage, and he discuss what EWN should do if the protests continue beyond the end of the Spring term. Ryan feels that stopping coverage would harm EWN's credibility as an objective source of news. However, if they continue, it's a commitment to continue forever.
That afternoon, Karin, Jason, and Miguel get good footage of police blockades at the downtown protest, returning to EWN by 9pm to upload their files.
====Book 2: Choose====
Miguel, Jason, and Karin cover the downtown BLM protest on Monday October 12.
On Thursday, Miguel calls Cage at about 8:30pm, asking him to come down to the protests. A caravan of trucks with Trump stickers and Confederate flags is cruising 3rd Ave and targeting protesters, and the police are doing nothing. As Cage heads out, he tells Miguel to stay safe, not engage, just observe and report. Miguel calls out as Cage passes Keller Fountain park to let him know the rest of the EWN team are safely headed back. He has Turk and Carroll hidden near the fountain, and Carroll is hysterical, screaming 'won't talk' - Turk can't calm them. Cage tells Miguel to call Ryan, and get him to bring his car. Ryan arrives about 30min later in his Prius. There's not enough room for them all, so Miguel tells them he'll walk back to EWN. When they arrive at EWN, Miguel and Sarah are already in the Crow's Nest waiting for them. He returns to the newsroom with Cage, who wants the team's footage from the previous day. Cage tells him to write a script for the anchors, and get one of the team to do a voiceover. Cage needs a short clip for the news broadcast and then they can run tape all night. Turk goes down to the newsroom and offers their camera's footage as well, as they hadn't been able to stream live. Cage asks Miguel to get a voiceover from Turk as well.
When a group of men claiming to be police arrive at midnight wanting to search the building, Ryan sends Miguel upstairs to get Cage and Will. After hearing what's happening, Cage tells Miguel to take all the video from the night up to the Crow's Nest. When he returns to the newsroom, Miguel tells them Sarah has built a fake wall of boxes in front of the elevator, and if you don't know where to look, you can't see how to get into the Crow's Nest.
On Saturday evening, Karin, Jason, and Miguel cover the ICE protest.
====Book 3: Don't Go====
On Tuesday afternoon, October 20, 2020 5pm: Cage calls Miguel, Will, and Ben into the EIC's office, then steps out to call his mother. Ryan lays out the plan for the evening. Ben and Miguel look at each other and shrug. They discuss the stories coming in that night. When Lam Deng arrives, Emily call him in to join them. Later that evening, Miguel texts Emily that EWN has received a call from ICE, looking for Teresa Valdez.
==== Book 4: Hold Me ====
With Ryan gone, EWN needs to reshuffle management. Miguel needs to be promoted to the chief videographer position. Cage is reluctant to give it up, but concedes he can't do that as well as be joint EIC.
* Tuesday December 1, 2020
** 6pm: When Emily says they need thermometers, Miguel suggests asking Health Services, but Cage has low expectations of help from them.
** 11pm: When J.J. arrives at the Goose Hollow apartment that night, he apologizes for the time and says he was editing video with Miguel for the news broadcast. 
* Wednesday December 2, 2020 - 10:30am?: Miguel gets up and opens the gate when Cage arrives at the newsroom. He tells Cage that they have more footage of the chaos at the Health Center. Cage joins the discussion between Ben and the 4 alumni, and waves Miguel over to join them. He asks Miguel if they can send people out with a camera to do vlogs and/or voice-overs, about what they're seeing and feeling about what's happening. Miguel asks how much airtime he's considering, and Cage says 24/7, with some on repeat.
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On the morning of Saturday December 5, 2020, J.J. finds Miguel passed out at the Chief Videographer workstation at EWN and calls Cage. When Kristy Gomez checks Miguel, his temperature is 103°F and he is unresponsive. He is taken by ambulance to OHSU. When Miguel is discharged, he recuperates in the Crow's Nest at EWN.
While he is quarantined in the Crow's Nest, his housemates dropped out of college, moved home and didn't pay January rent. They gave notice to everyone but him. Once he was out of quarantine and able to go home, his key no longer worked. His landlord was horrified, but there are already new tenants in the place so nothing can be done. Miguel returns to stay in the Crow's Nest. Will notices and tells Cage who talks to Miguel about moving in to the Loft. Ryan introduces Miguel to Kevin Tighe following the welcome-to-Winter-term meeting.
Karin thinks Miguel feels guilty because he got sick and gave COVID to Sarah, and she died. Cage reassures Miguel that as he and Sarah became symptomatic within hours of each other, it's unlikely that Sarah's illness was caused by him. Miguel is relieved, it had been so chaotic that he hadn't been aware of the timing.
== Physical Appearance ==
Miguel is a 4th generation Hispano, whose family has been in northern California since before California was a state. He is shorter than Ben Waters (so under 5-foot-11), with lighter brown skin, and a wispy chin beard
== Personality ==
=== Book1: Stories We Tell ===
Ryan doesn't think Miguel is particularly political - he will willingly shoot spots, a feature on the art gallery, a talking head for a story on the Board of Trustees. It's the medium that interests him, not the content per se.
=== Book2: Choose ===
Karen is protective of Jason and Miguel, as they are POC. They in turn are protective of her, as she is female. And they all hide their protectiveness from each other, in case the others find it insulting.
Miguel is good with children - he has lots of nieces and nephews.
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