Brandon Rudat is an American

United States

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, Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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-winning journalist.

Professional career

Rudat started his professional career as an intern

Intern

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 on the Today Show in New York City

New York City

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 and a producer

Television producer

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 for WNBC

WNBC

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's Today in New York where he covered the 9/11 terrorist attacks and aftermath. Rudat then relocated to Maryland

Maryland

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 where he worked as the morning anchor and reporter for WHAG-TV

WHAG-TV

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, NBC 25. Rudat has also worked as a political reporter for a cable news network in New York and a fill-in anchor at WVIT

WVIT

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 based out of Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut

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 notably for his investigative reporting of illegal street vendors and manufacturers of illegal fire extinguishers. Rudat worked with the 7News team out of Boston, Massachusetts until April 2009 and subsequently went to KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles from June 2009 until April 2010.

As of May 2010, Rudat has been employed by CBS Atlanta, the CBS affiliate in Atlanta, GA. He is now the anchor of CBS Atlanta's morning show, Better Mornings Atlanta.

Awards

In May 2007, Rudat won an Emmy for an exclusive story he did about a fire chief who was also a convicted child sex offender. He was also nominated for 8 other Emmy Awards including Best Investigative Reporting and for his work at the 2006 Winter Olympics Games in Torino, Italy.

Rudat is a graduate of New York University

New York University

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and is the recipient of an Associated Press award for Best Enterprise Reporting.