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Robert Kovacik is an American television journalist based out of Los Angeles, California. He is currently the Lead Morning Reporter for NBC Los Angeles, appearing every weekday morning on "Today in L.A." and frequently on NBC affiliates throughout the country and MSNBC.

CAREER

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Robert Kovacik's career had an unusual beginning--becoming the youngest anchor in New York City, the nation's largest television market. At the age of 23, Kovacik was tapped to anchor "Nightworld" for PBS flagship station, KCET-TV. Later relocating to Los Angeles in 1994, Robert Kovacik became an anchor and reporter for KCOP-TV. In 2001, he was named the West Coast correspondent, anchor and bureau chief for the newly formed National Geographic Channel and it's nightly news show, "National Geographic Today." Arriving at KNBC-TV in 2004, Kovacik made world headlines two years later when a murder suspect chose to surrender to him live on-air. Two years after that, in 2008, again international headlines after an angry confrontation between then LAPD Police Chief William Bratton and LA City Councilman Dennis Zine while Kovacik was reporting for "Today in LA."

EDUCATION

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Robert Kovacik holds an honors undergraduate BA degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Kovacik also has an honors graduate MS degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.


AWARDS AND HONORS

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Golden Mike Award 2008 Edward R. Murrow Award 2007 Best Entertainment Reporting, "Paparazzi Task Force" Best Spot News Coverage Golden Mike Award 2006, "Best Spot News Coverage" Genesis Award Winner 2006 Los Angeles Emmy Award 2000 "Local Television News Series", "Serious News Story" Los Angeles Emmy Award 1998 Golden Mike Award 1998 "Host, Outstanding Special Programming", "Best Serious Feature Reporting" Greater Los Angeles Press Club Award 1998 California/Nevada Associated Press Award 1997 Continuing Investigation, Best Series Serious News Story, Multi-Part Genesis Award 1997, "Best of the West" Competition 1995 Outstanding Local Television News Series First Place, Growth and Urban Development Reporting

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