Alice Gainer

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Alice Gainer
Born
Alice Gainer

(1982-07-03) July 3, 1982 (age 41)[citation needed]
Wayne, New Jersey[citation needed]
NationalityAmerican
EducationFordham University
OccupationJournalist
TitleAnchor/Reporter
Websitewww.cbsnews.com/newyork/personality/alice-gainer/

Alice Gainer (born July 3, 1982) is an American anchor and reporter for WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV, New York. Previously, she co-anchored the News At Nine on CBS2's sister station WLNY, with Dick Brennan.[1] Prior to WCBS Gainer worked at WNYW Fox 5, New York and for eight years before that, worked as an Anchor/Reporter at News 12 New Jersey. She has also appeared on News 12 Westchester, CNN, Fox News Channel and Fox Business Happy Hour, and Gainer also serves as a weeknight & weekend fill-in & substitute anchor for CBS 2 News.

Gainer graduated from Fordham University in 2004 with a degree in Communications: TV and Radio and a minor in Business Administration.[2] At Fordham she was an anchor for WFUV, the university's NPR affiliated radio station, and won a Gracie Award in the category "Individual Achievement for Best Anchor (Radio)".[3] She was also an anchor for the campus television station. After graduating Gainer worked for NPR affiliate WBGO radio.[4] and also for MetroNetworks WOR, WABC, and Air America Satellite Radio.[5] [6]

Gainer is the recipient of eight NY Emmy Awards for "Breaking/Spot News", "Crime News", and "Entertainment News" among other categories. She's been nominated more than a dozen times [7] times in the categories "LIVE- reporter", "Spot News", "Entertainment News", "Crime News" and "Health/Science". At the age of 25 and after only 2 years as a television reporter she was nominated for a New York Emmy for "On-Camera Achievement -Live Reporter". She was the recipient of a 2010 1st place Associated Press award for "Best Continuing Coverage". Other awards include a 1st place AP award for "Best Election Coverage" with the WBGO news team and a Public Radio News Directors Incorporated award. She's appeared in the movies "The Bourne Legacy" as an MSNBC anchor [8] "Delivery Man" and "The Week Of".[9] She also appeared as a reporter on the CBS show Bull. Gainer was also a principal actor in a New York Mega Millions commercial where she played a news anchor and has also appeared in several MTV commercials.[citation needed]

Gainer competed for the title of Miss New Jersey USA and placed in the top 15 for several years. She also held the title of Miss Somerset County 2006,[10] in the Miss America Organization. In high school, she was captain of the Varsity swim team and an all-county swimmer. She also played Varsity soccer. At Fordham, she was captain of the nationally competitive dance team.[11] On July 17, 2018, she posted on Twitter that she is engaged to her boyfriend. In 2019 she posted online that they were married.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dick Brennan and Alice Gainer NEWS @ 9:00".
  2. ^ "WFUV Public Radio | About | WFUV Awards & Honors". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
  3. ^ "The Gracies : 2004 Gracie Awards® Winners". Archived from the original on 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
  4. ^ "Jazz88 FM - The World's Premier Jazz Radio Station, NYC and NJ". www.wbgo.org. Archived from the original on 2007-06-12.
  5. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicegainer
  6. ^ Larosa, Nicole (May 5, 2015). "Dick Brennan and Alice Gainer: News D". Fordham Magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  7. ^ "Alice Gainer". February 2022.
  8. ^ "Full cast and crew for The Bourne Legacy". IMDb. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  9. ^ "The Week of (2018) - IMDb". IMDb.
  10. ^ http://www.geocities.com/missusamagice/njersey2006.html Archived September 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicegainer
  12. ^ https://twitter.com/gainertv/status/1019374595705638913?lang=fi
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