Gina Gaston Biography
Gina Gaston is a television journalist and the current anchor for KTRK-TV in Houston, Texas. Gina is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and was honored by the Associated Press Broadcasters for News Reporting.
How old is Gina Gaston?- Age
Gina is 57 years old as of January 2023. He was born on 14 January 1966 (age 57 years), in Oxnard, California, United States of America.
Gina Gaston Education
She was a graduate of the University of Southern California in 1987.
Gina Gaston Married- Husband
Gaston is happily married to her husband former Houston Rockets player Mario Elie. She gave birth to triplets—two boys and one girl in 2003.
Gina Gaston ABC News- MSNBC
Gaston first joined KTRK-TV, ABC13 in the autumn of 1992 to co-anchor the newly enlarged and later top-rated 13 Eyewitness News at 6 a.m. She remained an anchor/reporter until 1999, when she left the station to work for MSNBC in New York. In June 2001, she returned to ABC13 as a reporter and co-anchor, but this time for Eyewitness News at 6 p.m. and Eyewitness News at 10 p.m. Gina covered the O.J. Simpson trial in Los Angeles, the Rockets championships, and the Democratic National Convention while working for 13 Eyewitness News.
Gina worked as a network journalist for MSNBC, where she covered the 2000 presidential election from coast to coast, including the Florida ballot recounts. She also covered President George W. Bush’s Inauguration, Elian Gonzales’ departure to Cuba, the United States bombing in the Iraqi no-fly zone, the Mideast conflict, and the South American earthquake. She also filled in as an anchor for NBC’s Weekend Today show.
Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison, Olympia Snowe, and Hillary Rodham Clinton are among those she has questioned. In addition, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, and Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating will be present. Gina served as an anchor/reporter at WTSP-TV in Tampa, Florida, WHTM-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and KLTV in Tyler, Texas before joining 13 Eyewitness News in 1992.
Gina Gaston Career
In 1992, she joined Channel 13 to co-anchor the morning program with Tom Koch. In 1999, she left to co-anchor HomePage, an afternoon show on MSNBC, with Ashleigh Banfield and Mika Brzezinski. The trio was dubbed “the Powerpuff Girls of journalism” by Entertainment Weekly. Gaston left MSNBC in the year 2000. She returned to Channel 13 in 2001 to anchor and report the 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts, succeeding long-time anchor Shara Fryer. She had worked at WTSP in Tampa, Florida, WHTM-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and KLTV in Tyler, Texas, before joining KTRK-TV. Gaston received a Lone Star Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary in 2007. She also received a National Headliner Award in 2007 for her documentary Soulful Stitches.
Gina Gaston’s Net Worth
Gina has an estimated net worth of 3 million dollars.