Feb 20, 2008 5:19 pm US/Central
CBS 2 Hires Anne State As Anchor And Reporter
State Will Co-Anchor 5:00 PM News And Report For The 10:00 PM News
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Anne State has been named 5:00 PM News anchor and 10:00 PM reporter for CBS 2 Chicago.
CBS
Anne State has been named 5:00 PM News anchor and 10:00 PM reporter for
CBS 2 Chicago, it was announced today by Carol Fowler, Vice
President/News Director for the station. State joins CBS 2 from NBC
7/39 in San Diego where she has worked as an anchor and reporter since
2002. State will co-anchor alongside Rob Johnson and will begin work at
CBS 2 on Monday, April 21.
"I'm thrilled to bring Anne on
board," said Fowler. "She is a versatile broadcast journalist who is
equally at ease at the anchor desk as she is reporting in the field.
Anne joins a solid team here at CBS 2."
Most recently, State
worked for KNSD-TV, an NBC O&O. In addition to reporting, she
anchored the 10:00 PM newscast which airs on KSWB-TV, the CW station in
San Diego, and is produced by KNSD-TV. State has covered numerous
breaking news events including the Southern California wildfires. She
broke important stories for the San Diego stations including a report
about a trial witness who was murdered immediately before she was set
to testify. She has also reported extensively on military affairs and
cross border issues.
Prior to working in San Diego, State was
weekend morning anchor and reporter at KMOV-TV in St. Louis
(2000-2002). Before that, she was morning anchor and general assignment
reporter at KCCI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa (1998-2000). She began her
career as a reporter and fill-in anchor at KTKA-TV in Topeka, Kansas.
"Anne
is a talented news anchor and aggressive reporter who will bring great
energy to our team," said Joe Ahern, CBS 2's President and General
Manager. "I'm pleased to welcome her back to the Midwest."
State
has been honored with two Emmy Awards, a Missouri Broadcasters
Association Award and an Iowa Broadcast News Association Award.
She has dual Irish and American citizenship and spent time living and working in London, England and Sydney, Australia.
State
earned her M.S. in broadcast journalism from the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign and her B.A. from the University of California at
San Diego.
PRESS CONTACTS: Elizabeth Abrams CBS 2 Chicago (312) 202-3465
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