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Early life
Thomas graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1984.
Career
Thomas began his career at The Roanoke Times and World-News. He moved to The Washington Post in 1987, then to CNN in 1997, where he served as justice correspondent. Thomas joined ABC News in 2000.
Awards
In 2001, Thomas and the ABC News team won Emmy, Peabody and DuPont awards for their coverage of the events of September 11, 2001. He and the ABC News team won an Emmy again in 2009 for their coverage of the inauguration of President Obama.
In 2012, the National Association of Black Journalists named Thomas "Journalist of the Year," particularly citing his accomplishments in accurately reporting the shooting of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (while other networks erroneously reported she had died) as well as breaking stories around the death of Osama bin Laden.
In 2015, Thomas won the Radio Television Digital News Association's John F. Hogan Distinguished Service award for "contributions to journalism and freedom of the press."