Gio Benitez
Birth Name:
Gio Benitez
Birth Place:
Miami, Florida, United States
Fast Facts
- Earned his degree in sociology and anthropology from the Florida International University's School of International and Public Affairs
- Started working at WFOR as an Emma L․ Bowen Foundation work-study scholar
- Once he reached the rank of investigative producer at WFOR, he was involved with stories about Medicare fraud, public safety and government corruption
- After joining ABC News as a New York-based correspondent, he covered the Boston Marathon bombing, an eight-day standoff involving an Alabama child held hostage underground and most of 2013's major winter storms
- Covered relief efforts following the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010 and evacuated injured Haitians to the island of Curacao on his return trip
- Born and raised in Miami, Fla․, he is fluent in English and Spanish
- In 2009, he became the first reporter to shoot a TV story using only an iPhone
Awards
- 2017Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
- 2017Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast:Nominated
- 2018Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
- 2019Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Morning Program:Nominated
- 2021Emmy - Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage:Winner