Maurice DuBois (born August 20, 1965) is an American television

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for

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in New York City and the

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Early life and education

DuBois was born on Long Island, New York, the son of immigrants to the U.S. from Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean. He attended Port Jefferson High School, and received a

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degree in

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from the

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."Maurice DuBois"
on the

website. Accessed January 4, 2011 While in college, he served as an intern at the Public Affairs Office of the

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on Long Island in 1984 and 1985, where he wrote for the employee newspaper, the ''Brookhaven Bulletin.''"WNBC News Anchor Maurice DuBois at Brookhaven Lab to Give a Talk in Honor of Black History Month, February 21"
(press release)

(February 10, 2003)

Career

DuBois began his career in 1987, when he worked as a desk assistant at KING-TV in

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, Washington. Following that, he served as an

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and reporter at

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, Illinois, and later at

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. He then spent seven years In New York at

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, the East Coast flagship station of the

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. While at WNBC, DuBois served as a co-anchor of '' Today in New York'', an early-morning local news and entertainment program. During that time, he also hosted ''Four Stories'' – a television news-magazine program featuring community heroes – as well as ''Mind Over Media'', special programming for Court-TV for students to understand media images. In addition, DuBois worked as a substitute

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's ''

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'' and as a substitute co-host and news reader on its weekend editions. In September 2004, DuBois joined

– also in New York and the East Coast flagship station of the

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television network – as one of its anchors for the 6pm newscast, ''CBS 2 News at 6'' with

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. Since then, he has co-anchored ''CBS 2 News This Morning'' and ''CBS 2 News at Noon'' with

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and also with

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. In January 2011, DuBois began co-anchoring – with

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– ''CBS 2 News at 5'' and ''CBS 2 News at 11''. He is also an occasional substitute of the weekend edition of the ''

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''. In addition to covering local news, DuBois has worked as a reporter, covering national political conventions, AIDS in

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, witnessing a double

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– an experience which DuBois described as "intense", the death of

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and the installation of

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. Maurice often gets a shoutout and mentions on '' Desus & Mero'' as they are fans and has had cameos on the show. Maurice DuBois at Met Opera

Community service

DuBois is involved in various community organizations including serving on three non-profit boards – Pencil; Susan G. Komen for the Cure (New York City affiliate); and

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. He has worked with

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program.

Personal life

DuBois and his wife, Andrea Adair, were married on August 13, 2001.Gray, Jason
"Joel Stein's TV Jitters … Maurice DuBois' Quiet Wedding … 'N Sync Goes Pop on Ananda Lewis"
'' New York Observer'' (September 5, 2001) They have two sons and live in

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Awards and honors

DuBois has won four Emmy Awards and has been honored by the

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. He also received a Trailblazer Award from the New York City chapter of the

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.Von Meistersinger, Toby
"Maurice DuBois, WCBS-TV Anchor"
'' Gothamist'' (May 8, 2007) DuBois has received honorary

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degrees from Briarcliffe College in Bethpage, New York; Medgar Evers College (of the City University of New York) in Brooklyn, New York;

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in South Orange, New Jersey and St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York.

References

External links

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