Gadi Schwartz
{{short description|American journalist}}
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|alma_mater = New Mexico State University
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Gadi Schwartz (born July 18, 1983){{cite news |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/826942/cibola-grad-helps-nbc-tell-its-stories.html |title=Cibola grad helping NBC tell the stories of the Olympics|first=Geoff |last=Grammer |newspaper=Albuquerque Journal |access-date=May 31, 2018}} is an American journalist working as an NBC News host and correspondent. He is the co-host of Stay Tuned, an NBC News program broadcast on Snapchat's Discover platform, Stay Tuned Now on NBC News Now, and former host of The Overview on Peacock. Stay Tuned is the first daily news show on Snapchat.{{cite news| url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nbc-news-launches-stay-tuned-snapchat-news-show-n784156| title=NBC News launches "Stay Tuned," a Snapchat news show| website=NBC News| access-date=May 31, 2018}} He is also a reporter for NBC Nightly News and Today. In 2016, Schwartz moved from NBC-owned KNBC in Los Angeles to work as a network correspondent. Schwartz has also served as fill-in, substitute anchor for NBC Nightly News weekday and weekend editions. He previously worked for ten years at KOB in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he was a weekend news anchor and an investigative reporter.{{cite news| url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/gadi-schwartz-joins-nbc-news-as-correspondent/282437| title=Gadi Schwartz Joins NBC News as Correspondent| journal=Adweek| access-date=May 31, 2018}} Schwartz lives with his wife, reporter Kim Tobin and their two children in Los Angeles.
Early life and education
Schwartz was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala.{{cite news| url=https://www.mediamoves.com/2017/07/nbc-news-launches-snapchat-news-show-co-hosted-gadi-schwartz.html| title=NBC News launches Snapchat news show co-hosted by Gadi Schwartz| date=July 20, 2017| work=Media Moves| access-date=May 31, 2018}} He is of Jewish descent{{cite news| url=https://www.jewishindependent.ca/politicons-jewish-voices/| title=Politicon's Jewish voices| work=Jewish Media| access-date=November 7, 2020}} and speaks Spanish. His father is Sergio Schwartz, a former journalist for Univision in Albuquerque. His mother is Karen Mings, a longtime school teacher in the Albuquerque Public Schools.Grammer, Geoff (August 16, 2016). "Cibola Grad Tells Stories for NBC". Albuquerque Journal. pp. D1, D5. The family moved from Guatemala to Belen, New Mexico, and later to Albuquerque, when he was seven years old, where he grew up.{{cite web| url=http://caseymesser.com/casey-messer-blog/2017/01/24/meet-gadi-schwartz/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912162407/http://caseymesser.com/casey-messer-blog/2017/01/24/meet-gadi-schwartz| url-status=usurped| archive-date=September 12, 2017| title=Meet Gadi Schwartz| website=Casey Messer| access-date=May 31, 2018}} He graduated from Cibola High School and New Mexico State University.{{cite news| url=http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/gadi-schwartz-2/| title=Gadi Schwartz| date=February 2, 2018| work=NBC Sports Pressbox| access-date=May 31, 2018}}
Gadi has three younger brothers: Matthew, Sergio and David. Matthew is a doctoral student in anthropology at the University of New Mexico.
Career
Schwartz covered the Olympic Games twice, at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was named "Best Investigative Reporter" and "Best Reporter" by the New Mexico Broadcaster's Association. In 2012, he was awarded the "Rocky Mountain Emmy Award" for Feature Reporting.
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Category:American male journalists
Category:New Mexico State University alumni
Category:Writers from Guatemala City
Category:21st-century American journalists
Category:Journalists from New Mexico
Category:21st-century American male writers
Category:Hispanic and Latino American journalists
Category:People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Category:American writers with disabilities
Category:Cibola High School alumni
Category:Jewish American journalists
Category:21st-century American Jews