Christine Devine
| Christine Devine | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) Hamburg, New York |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Education | Arizona State University |
| Occupation | News Anchor |
| Employer | KLST KVOA-TV KTTV 1990 - Present |
| Partner(s) | Sean McNabb |
| Parent(s) | Karen and Jack Devine |
| Awards | 16 Emmy Awards[citation needed] 1 National Gracie Allan Award[citation needed] 3 Golden Mic Award[citation needed] 2 Greater Press Club Award[citation needed] 1 Associated Press Award[citation needed] Congressional Coalition Angel in Adoption, Child Welfare League of America, Chamber of Commerce, AWRT[citation needed],two Gracie Awards, and Alliance for Women in Media award for Excellence Journalism. |
| Website | www |
Christine Devine (born 1965) is a well known television news anchor based in Los Angeles. She can be seen weeknights on KTTV's Fox 11 News. She’s won 16 Emmys including the prestigious Governors Award.[citation needed] Six Emmys were for Best Newscast.[citation needed]
Biography
Devine is known for her Wednesday's Child adoption segment. Since 1994 she has profiled foster children looking for adoptive homes, resulting in more than 500 adoptions.[citation needed] In 2009, she was honored in D.C. with a congressional award.[1][citation needed] She authored a book on Wednesday's Child: "Finding a Forever Family, A News Anchor's Notebook"
Christine has received the Congressional Coalition's Angels in Adoption award, two Gracie Allen from AWRT(American Women in Radio & Television), the Society of Professional Journalists Anna Quindlen Award for Community Service, Volunteers of America-Media Volunteer of the Year(LA), Child Welfare League of America award and Career Achievement from The Chamber of Commerce.[citation needed] She is also in the Arizona State University Hall of Fame.[citation needed] She has been honored by the LAPD, LA County Board of Supervisors, LA City, and LA County Sheriff's Department.[1][dead link][citation needed]
Christine was a co-chair of The Good News Foundation, a non-profit founded by five LA news anchors/reporters wanting to honor the "good" in Los Angeles.[citation needed] GNF helped build a computer lab for homeless children, a showroom for low-income women to receive free career clothing, sponsors an apartment at the Downtown Women's Center for homeless women, and a journalism scholarship.[2][3]
Christine was born in Hamburg, New York and grew up in Arizona.[4] She graduated from Arizona State University in 1987[5] and began her career as a reporter in her home state before joining KTTV. Christine is in the Walter Cronkite School of Broadcast Journalism's Hall of Fame, and received ASU's Founders Day Alumni Achievement award.[citation needed] She attended on Leadership Scholarship.[citation needed] She is currently on the Alumni Association board.[1][dead link][citation needed]. On November 20, 2015, Christine was celebrated at Fox News, having worked there for 25 years.
Christine attended Tolleson Union High School in Tolleson, Arizona. She was Valedictorian and voted "Most Likely To Succeed."[2][dead link][citation needed]
She is of Brazilian and American Caucasian ancestry. Her mother married Dr. Jack Devine. He legally adopted her and she became "Christine Devine."[citation needed]
Christine has appeared as a reporter in a number of movies and TV series: "24", Prison Break, "Melrose Place", "90210", The Cable Guy, "Wag the Dog", "Most Wanted", "Independence Day".[6]
Personal
Christine is engaged to musician/actor Sean McNabb.[citation needed] Both Christine and Sean are active in the community doing charity harley rides, golf tournaments and public speaking.[2][dead link][citation needed]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 KTTV >> Christine Devine Bio. URL accessed on April 5, 2010. Archived April 17, 2009 at the Wayback Machine[dead link]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Official Christine Devine Bio. URL accessed on April 4, 2010.
- ↑ The Good News Foundation. URL accessed on April 5, 2010. Archived March 8, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Archived January 24, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Christine Devin '87 B.A. | ASU Alumni Assoction
- ↑ Christine Devine Filmography. URL accessed on April 5, 2010.
External links
- Official Website
- KTTV FOX 11 On-Air Talent Bio
- Christine Devine on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- The Good News Foundation
- Christine Devine at the Internet Movie Database
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- African-American women journalists
- American television news anchors
- American people of Brazilian descent
- Arizona State University alumni
- Television anchors from Los Angeles, California
- Living people
- American women journalists
- Women television journalists
- 1965 births
