Gina Gaston is a television journalist and currently the lead female anchor for KTRK-TV

KTRK-TV

KTRK-TV, channel 13, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, located in Houston, Texas...

 in Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

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Career

She joined channel 13 in 1992 to anchor the morning newscast with Tom Koch. She then left in 1999 to anchor a morning show on MSNBC

MSNBC

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 with Ashleigh Banfield

Ashleigh Banfield

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. Gaston left MSNBC in 2000. In 2001, she returned to channel 13 to anchor and report the 6 and 10pm newscast, replacing long-time anchor Shara Fryer.

Awards and honors

Gaston won a 2007 Lone Star Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for a documentary. She won a 2007 National Headliners Award as well for a documentary entitled Soulful Stitches. She has also won several Associated Press awards. Gaston is a 1987 graduate of the University of Southern California.

Personal life

Gaston is married to former Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets

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 player Mario Elie

Mario Elie

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, and in 2003, Gina gave birth to triplets—two boys, one girl.