As a reporter at Chicago Public Radio, Gabriel covers science, health care and the environment.
From August, 2007 to July, 2008, Gabriel stepped in as co-host of
Eight Forty-Eight Monday-Thursday. He can still be heard filling in as host here and there on Chicago Public Radio.
Gabriel won a regional Edward R. Murrow award for his piece “Transit Race.” He also received a Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (PRNDI) Award for “Best Documentary,” and for two years in a row, “Best News and Public Affairs Show” for the program AK. He’s been a finalist for the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists.
Prior to joining the staff of Chicago Public Radio in April 2006, Gabriel worked as a reporter, host and associate producer at the Alaska Public Radio Network, where he covered everything from sled dog races to Senate races, from thawing Eskimo villages to demolition derbies. He has contributed stories to Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace, Living on Earth and Latino USA. His print work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Sacramento Bee and the Anchorage Daily News in Alaska.
Gabriel has an M.J. in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. in English Literature from Cornell University. He is a member of the Association of Independents in Radio, and the Society of Professional Journalists.
Originally from Canton, Ohio, Gabriel resides in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago along with his wife, Ashley Gross, and his new son, Ezra.