Linda Stouffer
| Linda Stouffer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cinnamon Linda Stouffer August 5, 1970 San Marcos, Texas |
| Residence | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Education | San Marcos High School (1988) |
| Alma mater | University of the Incarnate Word (1992) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Employer | WSB-TV, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Spouse(s) | Mark G. Strassmann (m. 1995)[1] |
| Children | 2[2] |
Cinnamon Linda Stouffer (born August 5, 1970) is an American television news correspondent. She currently co-anchors the early morning news broadcasts on WSB-TV 2, Atlanta, Georgia.
Background
Born in San Marcos, Texas, Stouffer attended the public school system, graduating from San Marcos High School in 1988.[2] She was Texas' Junior Miss when she was a high school senior and participated in the America's Junior Miss Scholarship Program in 1988.[3] Stouffer then attended the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, on a Phi Beta Kappa scholarship. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication, magna cum laude in 1992.[2]
Professional career
After college, Stouffer (working under the name Cinnamon Stouffer) was hired as a general assignment reporter at KMOL-TV in San Antonio in 1992, eventually being promoted to an anchor.[2] In 1994 she moved to Miami, Florida, working as a general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for WSVN-TV.[2] She moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1997, joining Cable News Network (CNN),[2] there she changed her professional name to Linda Stouffer.
At CNN, she co-anchored the morning news program Ahead of the Curve, which aired simultaneously on CNN/U.S. and CNNfn, CNN's former financial news network. She also was a weekday and later a weekend anchor for CNN Headline News. Stouffer was among several laid off in December 2008, her last day at CNN being December 14, 2008.[4]
She then began working local news on WSB-TV Atlanta. She anchored the 6pm news and the Action News Nightbeat on Sundays. She also filed stories for the News at 5 and 6pm during the week. On 7 January 2013 she became a weekday early morning co-anchor on the 4:30am newscast.[5]
References
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