Rob Mayeda (born, c. 1971) is a meteorologist, reporter, storm chaser, and segment producer for

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in San Jose, California.

Education

Mayeda attended Chaminade College Preparatory in

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and graduated from the

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in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in Journalism and English. He completed a Master of Science degree in Geosciences at

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. Mayeda now provides guest lecturing/instruction work at

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in Hayward, California and

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in San Jose, California.

Career

Mayeda was hired as a production associate for the

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network news bureau to work on the network's various news magazine shows ''

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'' and ''

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''. He returned to

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as an editorial assistant and eventually joined the special news projects department for the production of Channel 4 News' ''O. J. Simpson: The Trial''. This daily broadcast followed the

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case from the start of the trial to the eventual verdict. Airing both on KNBC and

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this program featured prominent local attorneys as "legal analysts" who offered opinions on the daily events in court. He was later hired by KESQ in

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, California as a weekend weather anchor and eventually morning weather anchor once KESQ launched its weekday morning newscast. Less than two years later, Mayeda joined

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, California as a weekend weather anchor and news reporter. Mayeda took on the same role for

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in 1997. Mayeda earned an Emmy award in 2002 for "On Camera News: Weather" from the Northern California

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. He was also nominated for another Emmy in 2008 as segment producer fo
"From Dreams To Dust,"
a documentary about the Japanese American internment camps during World War II. He worked as a weekday weather anchor for

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, Washington for two years before returning to California where he was hired at KNTV. Mayeda was recently assigned to weekend morning and evening newscasts while working on news special projects. Mayeda's work as a videographer/producer aired on NBC Bay Area fo
"On Thin Ice"
a climate change special focusing on Alaska's melting glaciers. The American Meteorological Society awarded "On Thin Ice" its "Excellence in Science Reporting by a Broadcast Meteorologist" honor in October 2011. In 2011, he earned his second Emmy award for "On Camera Talent Anchor: Weather" from the Northern California

Mayeda holds the

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television seal of approval.

References

External links

Biography at NBC Bay Area

* ttp://www20.csueastbay.edu/news/blog/2010/06/Rob-Mayeda-weatherman-teaches-classes-at-csueb.html Cal State East Bay Newsletter, June 2010
"On Thin Ice" News Special (Anchor/Producer/Videographer)

USN Navy Mil "Carl Vinson Sailors Take Notes From The Pros" 8-17-2002

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