Career

Gayle started off as a field producer for the National Black Network and ABC-TV in New York. Moving down to Miami in 1984, Gayle served as a reporter and weekend anchor at WCIX-TV until 1986. During this period, she also worked as a reporter for many prominent radio networks, including WABC and NBC Radio Network for their New York articles, and as a reporter on the National Black Network. She moved on to Houston for KPRC-TV, and helped begin the "2 On Your Side" Consumer Complaints Division as well as anchor a local midday newscast. She moved across the Hudson River to Connecticut, to be the reporter and anchor for WTNH and radio stations WDRC, WKND, and WWCD. She then was as a correspondent and producer for Tribune Entertainment's Now It Can Be Told, an investigative news program.

Awards and recognition

Starting with KTLA-TV in 1993, she has won three regional Emmys:

• 1993, Best Live Coverage of the Malibu Fires.
• 1994, Best Live Coverage of the Northridge earthquake.
• 1994, Best Live Reporting for Morning News.

In January 2002, she won an APTRA Award for "Best Live Coverage of a News Event", and just days later was selected to run a portion of the Winter Olympics Torch Run through Southern California.

Other awards she has received include:

• 1987, Young Black Achievers Award
• 1987, Best Spot News Reporting, from the Radio-Television News Directors Association Award
• 1988, Presidential Consumer Affairs Award
• 1990, Leader of the Year Award from the Houston Leadership Association

Charities

Gayle Anderson supports the following charitable causes: Cancer, Literacy, Education, Diabetes.

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