Maurice DuBois (born August 20, 1965) is an American television

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'' with

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. Previously, he anchored various newscasts for

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, the flagship station of

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Early life and education

DuBois was born on

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, New York, the son of immigrants to the U.S. from

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, an

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in the

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. He attended

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, and received a

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degree in

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from the

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."Maurice DuBois"
on the

website. Accessed January 4, 2011 While in college, he served as an intern at the Public Affairs Office of the

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on Long Island in 1984 and 1985, where he wrote for the employee newspaper, the ''Brookhaven Bulletin.''"WNBC News Anchor Maurice DuBois at Brookhaven Lab to Give a Talk in Honor of Black History Month, February 21"
(press release)

(February 10, 2003)

Career

DuBois began his career in 1987, when he worked as a desk assistant at

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, Washington. Following that, he served as an

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and reporter at WFLD-TV in

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, Illinois, and later at

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. He then spent seven years In New York at

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, the East Coast

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of the

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. While at WNBC, DuBois served as a co-anchor of ''

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'', an early-morning local news and entertainment program. During that time, he also hosted ''Four Stories'' – a television news-magazine program featuring community heroes – as well as ''Mind Over Media'', special programming for Court-TV for students to understand media images. In addition, DuBois worked as a substitute news reader on

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's ''

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'' and as a substitute co-host and news reader on its weekend editions. In September 2004, DuBois joined

– also in New York and the East Coast flagship station of the

television network – as one of its anchors for the 6pm newscast, ''CBS 2 News at 6'' with

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. Since then, he has co-anchored ''CBS 2 News This Morning'' and ''CBS 2 News at Noon'' with

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and also with

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. In January 2011, DuBois began co-anchoring – with Kristine Johnson – ''CBS 2 News at 5'' and ''CBS 2 News at 11''. He is also an occasional substitute of the weekend edition of the ''

''. In addition to covering local news, DuBois has worked as a reporter, covering national political conventions,

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, witnessing a double

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– an experience which DuBois described as "intense", the death of

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and the installation of

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. Maurice often gets a shoutout and mentions on '' Desus & Mero'' as they are fans and has had cameos on the show. On August 1, 2024, CBS named DuBois and

as the new anchors of the ''

'', replacing

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. He left WCBS-TV in January 2025 to focus on the national broadcast. Maurice DuBois at Met Opera

Community service

DuBois is involved in various community organizations including serving on three non-profit boards – Pencil; Susan G. Komen for the Cure (New York City affiliate); and

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. He has worked with

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program.

Personal life

DuBois and his wife, Andrea Adair, were married on August 13, 2001.Gray, Jason
"Joel Stein's TV Jitters … Maurice DuBois' Quiet Wedding … 'N Sync Goes Pop on Ananda Lewis"
''

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'' (September 5, 2001) They have two sons and live in

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Awards and honors

DuBois has won four

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s and has been honored by the

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. He also received a Trailblazer Award from the New York City chapter of the

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.Von Meistersinger, Toby
"Maurice DuBois, WCBS-TV Anchor"
''

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'' (May 8, 2007) DuBois has received honorary

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degrees from

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;

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(of the

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) in Brooklyn, New York;

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and

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in Brooklyn, New York.

References

External links

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