High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alphonso Van Marsh is an American journalist and war correspondent. He is an African American television network reporter based outside the United States. Marsh was formally named one of Cable News Network s (CNN) first Video Correspondents in 2003. Often reporting solo from countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, Marsh broke the story of Saddam Hussein s capture while on assignment in Iraq in December 2003. He used CNN s digital newsgathering technology in place of traditional two- and three-member newsgathering crews.