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Shomari Stone
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Shomari's Video Library Shomari Stone is an Emmy nominated reporter for CBS4 in Miami, Florida.
He's an award-winning broadcaster who has covered a wide array of news stories including Republican John McCain's presidential bid, Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro's relinquished power, the Miami International Airport Air Marshal shooting, and the fall of Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide.
Shomari also reported on the death of Anna Nicole Smith, the incarceration of the "Liberty City 7," the 2006 Jim Davis-Charlie Crist gubernatorial race, the Haitian migrants' detention, and the Janet Reno-Bill McBride Democratic primary in 2002. Shomari is best known for his reports during Hurricane Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, where he withstood 125 mile per hour winds.
Shomari has an excellent record of obtaining exclusive "Only On 4" interviews and news stories. His report on the Lauderdale Lakes "Drum Line" program garnered a 2004 Emmy Award nomination.
Shomari arrived at CBS 4 from WINK-TV, a CBS affiliate in Fort Myers, Florida. At WINK, he reported on the 2002 Florida recount, the brush fires sweeping central Florida in 2001, and the Bush family's first "Presidential" vacation on Gasparilla Island.
While in college, prior to embarking on his full-time broadcasting career, he interned at the Washington Bureau of CNN. He assisted with the production of live news programs, covered the debate over the Patients' Bill of Rights proposal, and various issues involving the U.S. Justice Department. He also interned at ABC News' Washington Bureau where he covered the political beat and assisted with the Monica Lewinsky news coverage. In addition, he interned in the business finance department at BET (Black Entertainment Television) in Washington, DC.
Shomari graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications Studies in 2001. As an undergraduate, he won a number of honors and awards, including the 2000 Mary Lou Butcher Equality in Journalism Award for outstanding performance in Journalism; the 2000 NAACP Achievement Award; a 1999 John L. and Clara M. Brumm Memorial Scholarship for outstanding performance in communication studies; a 1999 J. Evens Campbell Scholarship in Journalism for outstanding academic achievement in journalism; a 1998 Leland Stowe Award for outstanding scholastic performance in preparation for a journalism career; and a 1998 Claude Silfritt Undergraduate Award for outstanding academic performance in communication studies.
Shomari is active in various community activities in South Florida. He has raised thousands of dollars for the Haitian Children Relief Fund, the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, and the United Negro College Fund. He hosted a memorial service at Temple Emanu-El for the fallen heroes of the Space Shuttle Columbia crew and he was the master of ceremony for 75th Anniversary of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Miami.
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Shomari has lived in various cities in the United States including Boston, San Francisco, Detroit, Portola Valley, Washington DC, Tampa, and now Miami.
