Garvin Thomas Biography
Garvin Thomas is a numerous award winning journalist currently working as a reporter, photographer, editor, and fill-in anchor for NBC Bay Area News. He joined the station in July 2004.
Garvin Thomas Career
Thomas produces stories under the station’s Bay Area Proud banner. They are positive, inspirational stories about the people, groups, and companies making the Bay Area, and the world, a better place to live.
He has more than thirty two years experience working in television news, having spent time working in Boston, Berlin, Minneapolis, and Los Angeles before joining the Bay Area in 2004.
Thomas started out at NBC Bay Area as a general assignment reporter, but his responsibilities and skills have grown over the years. Besides writing and reporting, he also shoots and edits all his own stories. In addition, Thomas also fills in as an anchor for NBC Bay Area’s morning, evening, and weekend newscasts.
Prior to joining NBC Bay Area, he worked with KABC-TV in Los Angeles, California as a reporter for a short period of six months. Before KABC-TV, he spent five years working as a reporter for WHDH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts. Previously, Thomas had worked in WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota as a reporter for another five years. Furthermore, he began his career in Monitor Broadcasting in Berlin, Germany as an Associate Producers for World Monitor for a period of three years.
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He has been a recipient of national awards for his reporting and photography. Thomas won the 2013 Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for the best feature reporting in the nation’s 50 largest television markets. In addition, he received the Gabriel Award given out by the Catholic Academy of Communication Professionals for feature reporting in the top 25 markets in 2014. Thomas has been recognized with more than a dozen regional awards for his reporting and photography including seven Emmy Awards.
He grew up in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts and graduated from Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School in 1984. Thomas graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Germanic Studies from Boston College in 1988. He also attended the Universitat Konstanz in Konstanz, Germany for one year.
He lives in the South Bay with his wife Karen and their three children. In December 2002, Thomas and his wife, Karen, quit their jobs as news reporters at Boston area TV stations to spend a year travelling the world. They travelled to 6 continents, 17 countries and countless miles later returned to the United States.
Garvin Thomas Age
He was born Garvin Thomas Snell in Yarmouth Port Massachusetts and is known professionally by his screen name Garvin Thomas . There is no information about his age. However, will update as soon as the information is available.
Garvin Thomas Height
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Garvin Thomas Education
Thomas graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Germanic Studies from Boston College in 1988. He also attended the Universitat Konstanz in Konstanz, Germany for one year.
Garvin Thomas Family
He grew up in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts. There is no information about his parents or siblings. However, will update as soon as the information is available.
Garvin Thomas Wife
He lives in the South Bay with his wife Karen. In December 2002, Thomas and his wife, Karen, quit their jobs as news reporters at Boston area TV stations to spend a year travelling the world. They travelled to 6 continents, 17 countries and countless miles later returned to the United States.
Garvin Thomas Children
He is a present loving father to three children, a daughter and two sons.
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