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- Full Name Gadi Schwartz
- Occupation Journalist
- Nationality American
- Birthplace Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Birth Date Jul 18, 1983
- Age 41 Years, 4 Months
- Partner Kim Tobin
- University New Mexico State University
Gadi Schwartz | Biography
Los Angeles Correspondent of NBC NewsAs of 2021, He is an NBC News correspondent, a position he has held since 2016, stationed in Los Angeles. In 2016, he also made his Olympic appearance as a reporter for NBC Olympics at the 2016 Rio Games.
Gadi Schwartz is a figure in the landscape of journalism, currently contributing as an NBC News correspondent.
Who is Gadi Schwartz?
Gadi Schwartz, an American journalist, was born on 18 July 1983 in Guatemala City in a family of Hispanic descent. He devoted much of his childhood trailing his father, Sergio Schwartz, who worked as a journalist. Sergio was a Univision journalist in Albuquerque.
Schwartz is an alumnus of New Mexico State University, where he was a journalism major. Following graduation, he worked as a reporter for KOB-TV as well as for KNBC. At KOB-TV, Schwartz contributed to the 4 On Your Side Investigative Unit as a weekend co-anchor and managing investigator for nearly a decade. At KNBC, he contributed to the dissemination of weekly reports to the evening and night news.
As of 2021, He is an NBC News correspondent, a position he has held since 2016, stationed in Los Angeles. In 2016, he also made his Olympic appearance as a reporter for NBC Olympics at the 2016 Rio Games.
He also facilitates a newsmagazine show called The Overview, which focuses on bringing attention to climate change.
Schwartz garnered several industry accolades over his career, including two distinctions from the New Mexico Broadcasters Association for 'Best Investigative Reporter' and 'Best Reporter.'In 2012, he earned a Rocky Mountain Emmy Award for 'Feature Reporting,' and the Associated Press New Mexico honored him for 'Best General News' and 'Best Editing.'
Wife
Schwartz exchanged marital vows with wife Kim Tobin, who is also a journalist, in September 2019.
Tobin is an NBC4 general assignment reporter and anchor who has won several awards. She covers everything from headlining news to feature stories to public events and red carpet appearances. She was the reporter who live-blogged the devastation caused by the Woolsey and Holy wildfires. The footage consisted of the ravage of Southern California, destroying thousands of acres and displacing hundreds of residents. Tobin also traveled to Thousand Oaks, California, to cover the Borderline Bar and Grill massacre and its sad aftermath.
She also served as a morning anchor for the NBC affiliate KOB-TV where Schwartz worked as well.
They welcomed their daughter Kira Setsuko Schwartz on 15 June 2021.
In a 2021 interview with People, Tobin shared an incident that occurred amidst their child planning. "After deciding to try and start a family, one morning I woke up after having the craziest dream and told Gadi, 'I just had a dream that I was pregnant and it's a girl and I heard my daughter's voice telling me to get up and take a pregnancy test,'' Tobin conveyed.
And, the pregnancy test actually came out positive that day.
