HealthyStyleNY Contributor: Shon Gables
Profile: With more than 13 years in broadcast journalism, Shon Gables brings credibility and experience to her role as host of Black Enterprise Magazine’s new nationally syndicated program “Black Enterprise Business Report.” Her reports are also featured on PBS’ Nightly Business Report. Gables also has hosted several specials throughout her career. Particularly close to her heart was “Salute to NYC Schools: Truman High School and the Tunnel to Towers Run”. Gables not only hosted the program, but she participated in the run, which honored the NYC firefighters tragically lost on September 11, 2001. Gables also wrote and anchored “Salute to Harlem”, which explored Harlem’s economic development, social impact and future. Gables was recently nominated for an Emmy Award for “On-Camera Achievement.” She also is the recipient of several National Association of Black Journalists awards and a Lee Evans Outstanding Journalist Award, and was honored with the 2003 New York City Excellence in Media Award by the Harlem Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Gables was the recipient of a National Black Achiever in Industry Award, an American Women in Radio and Television’s Gracie Award, and was one of Network Journal’s “40 Under 40” Black Achievers.
