Kevin Tibbles

Kevin Tibbles is an NBC correspondent based in Chicago and is a regular contributor to 'NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams', 'Today' and 'MSNBC'.

Prior to joining the Chicago, Tibbles was a foreign correspondent for NBC News based in London.

His extensive foreign and domestic news experience includes reporting from warzones in Iraq, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Rwanda.

Kevin has covered breaking news for NBC from the streets of London during the funeral of Princess Diana to the flooded wards of New Orleans with hurricanes Katrina and Rita; and has brought viewers a unique insight into world events as they impact every day lives.  He was stationed in Chicago's Grant Park for the historic 2008 election victory of Barack Obama.

He has been honored with four Emmy Awards.  Three for 'Outstanding Coverage of Breaking News' for his reporting on the devastating floods in Mozambique in 2000, the Israel-Lebanon conflict in 2006 and the collapse of bailout talks in the financial industry in 2008.  Tibbles also won an Emmy for 'Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story-long form' for his participation on the NBC News Decision 2008 Election Night broadcast.

Kevin is also the recipient of the Overseas Press Club Award, the National Headliner Award and an award from the National Association of Black Journalists. He has been a part of NBC News Olympic coverage from both the Winter Games in Torino, Italy and the Summer Games in Beijing, China.

His work from Iceland, Thailand, Panama, Dubai and beyond has been featured on the popular 'Today' series "Where in the World is Matt Lauer."

He has interviewed a varied list of newsmakers that includes Tony Blair, Mikhail Gorbachev, General David Petraeus, Winnie and Nelson Mandela and the father of hijacker Muhammad Atta, who he tracked down in Cairo in the immediate aftermath of 9-11.

Before joining NBC News, Tibbles was a national correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), where his coverage experience included the fall of the Berlin Wall and the first Gulf War.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Ryerson University in Toronto.

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