Kendis Gibson

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Kendis Gibson
Kendis Gibson (left) in 2017 receiving the keys to Belize City from Mayor Darrell Bradley
Kendis Gibson (left) in 2017 receiving the keys to Belize City from Mayor Darrell Bradley
Born (1972-09-06) September 6, 1972 (age 51)
Belize City, Belize
OccupationJournalist
Alma materSUNY Oswego

Kendis Gibson (born September 6, 1972,[1][2] Belize City[3]) is a Belizean-born American journalist. He has won two Emmy Awards for "outstanding news reporting" and "sports feature". He has been an anchor and correspondent for CNN, CBS News, ABC News, and WFOR-TV and a reporter for MSNBC. Gibson also anchored World News Now and America This Morning. He has reported on topics including the 2000 Concorde plane crash, the September 11 attacks, the Academy Awards, and the Grammy Awards. He is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

Early life and education

Gibson was born in

Political Science.[5]

Career

Gibson started his career at the NBC station in

no contest plea to misdemeanor battery charges.[9] Gibson left Southern California to join WJLA, the ABC affiliate for Washington, D.C.
area, in October 2011.

In December 2013, Gibson left WJLA-TV to join ABC News as a correspondent.[10] He was also co-anchor for World News Now and America This Morning until moving to NBC News in January 2019, where he became a weekend anchor on MSNBC Live.[11] On January 18, 2022, Gibson joined CBS Miami as a morning news co-anchor alongside Marybel Rodriguez. On January 25, Gibson and Rodriguez began hosting CBS News Miami's streaming service.[12][13] By October 2022, he was no longer listed as part of the CBS4 team on their website.[14]

In February 2024, Kendis Gibson was hired by WPIX in New York as co-anchor of its 4pm and 5pm evening newscasts, alongside Arrianee LeBeau.[15]

References

  1. ^ "kendis gibson on Instagram: "It's my bday"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  2. ^ kendis gibson [@kendisgibson] (September 6, 2012). "It's my bday" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "MSNBC's Kendis Gibson hosts training session for Belizean media". The San Pedro Sun. February 14, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  4. ^ Morris, Bilal (2018-05-12). "Reconnecting with childhood friend & ABC news anchor, Kendis Gibson!". Amandala. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  5. ^ "Three Named to College Foundation Board". Oswego Alumni Magazine. 24 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Kendis Gibson". GoGoMag.com. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  7. ^ staff (2010-07-27). "Kendis Gibson named correspondent for CBS Newspath". CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  8. ^ Gibson, Kendis (2010-12-21). "Top celebrity scandals of 2010". CBS News. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  9. ^ Gibson, Kendis (2011-03-14). "Gibson Calm and Composed in Courtroom". WDEF. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  10. ^ Bridgman, Alison (December 22, 2014). "Kendis Gibson joining ABC News" (Press release). ABC News. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014.
  11. ^ Petski, Denise (2019-01-07). "Kendis Gibson Joins MSNBC". Deadline.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  12. ^ "Kendis Gibson Joins CBSMiami As Morning Co-Anchor". CBS Miami. January 18, 2022. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  13. ^ "CBS News Miami debuts, highlighting local stories from community". Yahoo! News. January 24, 2022. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  14. ^ "Meet the News Team". CBS News. Archived from the original on 2022-10-08.
  15. ^ https://pix11.com/pressrelease/emmy-award-winning-journalist-kendis-gibson-joins-pix11-news/

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