Brandon Lee Rudat (born May 29, 1980) is an American journalist and television anchor.

Professional career

Rudat started his professional career as an

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on the ''

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'' in

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and a producer for

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's ''Today in New York'' where he covered the

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terrorist attacks and aftermath., Retrieved 2013-06-03. Rudat then relocated to

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where he worked as the morning anchor and reporter for

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, NBC 25. Rudat has also worked as a political reporter for a cable news network in New York and a fill-in anchor at

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based out of

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, notably for his investigative reporting of illegal street vendors and manufacturers of illegal fire extinguishers. Rudat worked with the 7News team out of Boston, Massachusetts, until April 2009 and subsequently went to KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles from June 2009 until April 2010. From May 2010 to July 2013, Rudat was employed by

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''(now CBS46)'', the CBS affiliate in

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, as the anchor of CBS Atlanta's morning show, '' Better Mornings Atlanta''. He also did a cameo as a news anchor in the 2011 film '' Green Hornet''. On January 29, 2014, he joined KTVK 3 (3TV), based in

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as an anchor of the show ''Good Evening Arizona''. In Phoenix he's known as Brandon Lee. He co-anchored the 6:30 p.m.and 10:00 p.m. news broadcasts on Phoenix-based Arizona Family channels KTVK (3TV) and KPHO (CBS5), with Yetta Gibson.

Awards

In May 2007, Rudat won an Emmy for an exclusive story he did about a fire chief who was also a convicted child sex offender. He was also nominated for eight other Emmy Awards including Best Investigative Reporting and for his work at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in

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. Rudat is a graduate of

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and is the recipient of an Associated Press award for Best Enterprise Reporting.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rudat, Brandon 1980 births Living people New York University alumni American LGBT journalists American LGBT broadcasters American male journalists American television journalists 21st-century American LGBT people