Garvin Thomas

Garvin Thomas, "Bay Area Proud" Reporter

Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 | Updated 6:50 PM PDT

Garvin Thomas is a reporter, photographer, editor, and fill-in anchor for NBC Bay Area News. He produces stories under the station's Bay Area Proud banner. They are positive, success stories about the people, groups, and companies making the Bay Area, and the world, a better place to live.

Garvin has more than twenty years experience working in television news, having spent time working in Boston, Berlin, Minneapolis, Boston (again), and Los Angeles before coming to the Bay Area in 2004.

Garvin started out at NBC Bay Area as a general assignment reporter, but his responsibilities and skills have grown over the years. In addition to writing and reporting, he also shoots and edits all his own stories. He also fills in as an anchor for NBC Bay Area’s morning, evening, and weekend newscasts.

Garvin has been honored with more than a dozen regional awards for his reporting and photography, including multiple Emmy Awards. Garvin, his wife Karen and their three children live in the South Bay.

If there is someone, or some group, you think would make for a great Bay Area Proud story, you can email Garvin here, or connect with him on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+.

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