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.
Linda Stouffer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cinnamon Linda Stouffer August 5, 1970 |
| Education | San Marcos High School (1988) |
| Alma mater | University of the Incarnate Word (1992) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Employer(s) | WSB-TV, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Spouse |
Mark G. Strassmann (m. 1995) |
| Children | 2[2] |
Background
editBorn 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
editAfter 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 6 p.m. news and the Action News Nightbeat on Sundays. She also filed stories for the News at 5 and 6 p.m. during the week. On January 7, 2013, she became a weekday early morning co-anchor on the 4:30 a.m. newscast.[5]
References
edit- ^ TexasMarriageRecords.org
- ^ a b c d e f Distinguished_Alumni.html San Marcos High School Distinguished Alumni biography
- ^ "Linda Stouffer Bio". www.cnn.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- ^ "Linda Stouffer is let go from CNN". www.mediabistro.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- ^ Brief bio at WSB-TV website Archived 2009-05-19 at the Wayback Machine