PRESS RELEASE Date: March 19, 2014 Contact: Penelope Heath/ Ingrid Hsu Tel: +852 3128 3538 / +852 3128 3568 E-mail: Penelope.Heath@cnn.com/ [email protected]
AUSTRALIA’S LYNDA KINKADE JOINS CNN INTERNATIONAL AS ATLANTA-BASED ANCHOR
CNN International has announced the appointment of Lynda Kinkade as the network’s new weekend anchor.
Based at CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta, Kinkade will anchor ‘Newsroom’ and ‘International Desk’ on Saturdays and Sundays.
Kinkade has been a journalist for over 10 years, predominantly working in Australia for Channel Seven’s Today Tonight and Nine News.
In 2013, Kinkade moved to New York to work as a freelance journalist, working across the Seven Network’s Seven News, Today Tonight and Sunrise programs. Most notably she reported on the Harlem explosion which killed 8 people, Malaysia Airlines MH17 being shot down in Ukraine and the New York Ebola case.
Senior Vice President and General Manager of CNN International Mike McCarthy said: “We are thrilled to welcome Lynda to the CNN family. She has done an outstanding job freelancing for CNN over the last few months and we are delighted to make her a permanent part of the team. Our on-air line-up has never looked stronger.”
Kinkade joins fellow Australians at CNN including Anna Coren, Phil Black, John Vause, Michael Holmes and Rosemary Church. CNN is watched by more than 385 million households around the globe and is the world’s number one international news network.
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