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Alan Gionet

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Alan Gionet
StatusMarried
OccupationJournalist

Alan Gionetis an American journalist reporting forKCNC-TV,theCBSowned-and-operated stationinDenver.From 2010 to 2020, Gionet anchored the station's weekday morning and noon newscasts.

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Gionet has been in news for more than thirty years. He started in the small market ofTupelo, Mississippi;he also anchored and reported in atWOOD-TVinGrand Rapids, Michigan.He worked as an investigative reporter inProvidence, Rhode Islandprior to his first stint at CBS 4.

He worked atKCNCCBS 4 from the early 1990s until leaving forJacksonvillein April 1998. Prior to joining CBS 4 for a second stint in 2006, Gionet was the main anchor and nightside managing editor atWTLV/WJXXin Jacksonville, Florida. While in Jacksonville, he logged many hours during hurricanes and the2000 election controversy,when he revealed more than 20,000 over and under votes inDuval County.One of his most memorable stories was his reporting on the endangeredNorth Atlantic right whales,bringing national focus to an unpopular species which has only an estimated 300 whales left.

Gionet studied broadcast journalism atEmerson CollegeinBoston, Massachusetts.He also studied atHarvard Extension Schooland theUniversity of Massachusetts BostonandAmherst.

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