Greg Dobbs (journalist)

Greg Dobbs (born October 9, 1946[1]) is a retired ABC News television correspondent and Denver newspaper columnist.[2]

Early life and education

Dobbs was born October 9, 1946 in San Francisco[1], the third of five children born to Annette (née Lehrer) and Harold Dobbs. He earned degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and Northwestern University.[3]

Career

Dobbs began working as a correspondent for ABC News in 1969.[4] Over his time with ABC, he worked as a foreign correspondent and later was assigned to the Denver bureau.[4] His reporting appeared on World News, Nightline, 20/20, and Good Morning America, he won two national Emmys[5][6] and was nominated for more.

Beginning in 2004, Dobbs was a correspondent for HDNet television's documentary-style HDNet World Report. He also provided live reports, along with Dan Rather, on primary and general election nights in 2008, and covered the U.S. space program for HDNet, anchoring live from Florida for every space shuttle launch after the Columbia disaster. Between ABC and HDNet, Dobbs has reported from more than 80 countries around the world.

In addition to his time with television networks, Dobbs hosted a radio talk show on Denver station KOA[4][7] from 1993 to 1997[8] and was the morning-drive host on the short-lived KNRC[9].

He has been a columnist for The Denver Post, the defunct Rocky Mountain News (2001-2002), and syndicated for the Scripps Howard News Service. From 2003[10] to 2009, he hosted the television program Colorado State of Mind on Rocky Mountain PBS, for which he won another Emmy.

He has been publishing on the online platform Substack since 2021.

Publications

  • Better Broadcast Writing, Better Broadcast News. Milton Park: Routledge (2005). ISBN 9780205359943.
  • Life in the Wrong Lane. Bloomington: iUniverse (2009). ISBN 9781440152764.

Awards

Dobbs has won two national Emmy Awards for "Best Spot News Coverage on a Network" and "Best Network Documentary". He was awarded his first Emmy for his reporting on the 1980 Irpinia earthquake.[5] He won a second Emmy in 1989 for Burning Questions: The Poisoning of America, an ABC News special that aired in September 1988.

He is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Professional Journalists and was inducted into the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame in 2017.[11]

Personal life

Dobbs has two sons.[3] He and his wife Carol live in Colorado. He is active on community non-profit boards.

References

  1. 1 2 "Births + Marriages + Deaths". San Francisco Examiner. 27 October 1946. p. 27. DOBBS-To the wife of Harold S. Dobbs, 4233 Anza St., Oct. 9, a son.
  2. ↑ Henderson, David (2006-04-30). Making News: A Straight-Shooting Guide to Media Relations. iUniverse. p. 96. ISBN 9781583484685. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 Morris, Ann (4 March 1992). "From ABC to Evergreen". Canyon Courier. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Saunders, Dusty (1 June 1993). "As KOA's Greg Dobbs settles in, he'd like to find his own niche". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES –ANNUAL EMMY AWARDS CEREMONY FOR NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMING" (PDF). April 12, 1982. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-20.
  6. ↑ "1988 National news and documentary Emmy Awards - nominations (cont'd)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-28. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  7. ↑ Saunders, Dusty (13 March 1995). "Ogden named broadcaster of the year". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Saunders, Dusty (16 September 1997). "North Dakota boasts an Emmy winner". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Roberts, Michael (18 July 2002). "Dialing for Differences". Westword. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Public affairs program debuts on KRMA". Rocky Mountain News. 26 January 2003. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Hall of Fame". Denver Press Club.
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