Kendis Gibson (born September 6, 1972, in

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), is a Belizean-born journalist and an anchor for

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. He has won two Emmy Awards for "outstanding news reporting" and "sports feature". He has been an anchor and correspondent for

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, CBS News,

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, and a reporter for

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. Gibson also anchored ''

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'' and ''

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''. He has reported on topics including the crash of the

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, the

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, the Academy Awards, and the Grammy Awards. He is a member of the

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Biography

Gibson was educated at John Jay High School (now the John Jay Educational Campus), in the

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neighborhood of

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, followed by the State University of New York at Oswego, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in

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. Gibson started his career at the NBC station in

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. After spending three years reporting there, he moved to

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in Philadelphia as the morning anchor and reporter. He won two Emmy Awards for "outstanding news reporting" and "sports feature". He returned to New York City to be a lead reporter for WNBC NewsChannel. At NBC, he reported on some of the biggest news stories at the time, including the crash of the

. With his home just blocks from the

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, he was one of the first reporters on the scene following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Gibson joined

and CNN Headline News in January 2002 as an entertainment anchor and occasional news anchor seen nationally. During his three years there, Gibson would often make the rounds on the red carpet including the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards. Gibson has also spent time in the hosting world with HGTV's '' I Want That!'' and as an evening news anchor for

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news in

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. In June 2010, Gibson joined CBS News in Los Angeles as west coast correspondent for CBS Newspath. Gibson also served as an entertainment correspondent for the network's affiliate service, including topics like the 2011 trial of

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when the actor agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge. Gibson left Southern California to join

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, the

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affiliate for

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area, in October 2011. In December 2013, Gibson left WJLA-TV to join ABC News as a correspondent. Until January 2019, he was also co-anchor for ''World News Now'' and ''America This Morning''. He left the network for

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the following year. On January 19, 2019, Gibson became weekend anchor on ''

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''. On January 18, 2022, Gibson joined

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as a morning news co-anchor alongside Marybel Rodriguez. On January 25, Gibson and Rodriguez began hosting CBS News Miami's streaming service. On August 24, 2022, following a month long on-air absence from

Gibson's profile was removed from the CBSMiami website.https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/personality/kendis-gibson/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h

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