Gene Cubbison
Friday, Aug 12, 2011 | Updated 3:59 PM PST
Gene joined NBC 7 San Diego in 1983 after reporting stints at KFMB-TV (1979-1983), the San Diego Union (1977-79), San Diego Daily Transcript (1973-77), and San Diego Independent (1972-73).
His assignments generally focus on government, politics, civic issues, law and economics. Coverage has included one-on-one interviews with Presidents H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, and Texas Gov. George W. Bush during his campaign for President; four national political conventions, three major earthquakes, two jetliner crashes, two Super Bowls, several catastrophic brush fires and floods, and massacres involving a San Diego grade school and a fast-food restaurant.
Some of Gene’s more memorable coverage includes; a week-long pursuit of a fugitive financier who fled from San Diego to the Caribbean island of Montserrat, wound up arraigned in Miami, and spent a decade behind bars; and a local transit bus hijacking that ended with the hijacker surrendering at Cubbison's feet.
Gene has received many awards; such as, citations from the San Diego Press Club (incl. Harold Keen Award for Lifetime Contributions), Golden Mic/Southern California, Emmy/NATAS Pacific Southwest Chapter, San Diego County Bar Association, and Society of Professional Journalists/San Diego.
He went to Stanford University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication.
Gene’s wife, Jan Hudson, is a recipient of two national Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award for her field producing work covering Southern California's historic 2003 and 2007 wildfires for ABC's World News Tonight. Gene and Jan have two sons, Jeff and Chris.
Drop Gene a line: gene.cubbison@nbcuni.com
Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/gcubnbcsd
