Linda Stouffer

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Linda Stouffer
Born
Cinnamon Linda Stouffer

(1970-08-05) August 5, 1970 (age 50)
Education San Marcos High School (1988)
Alma mater University of the Incarnate Word (1992)
OccupationJournalist
Years active1992–present
Employer WSB-TV, Atlanta, Georgia
Spouse(s)
Mark G. Strassmann
(m. 1995)
[1]
Children2 [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.

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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 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]

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References

  1. TexasMarriageRecords.org
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distinguished_Alumni.html San Marcos High School Distinguished Alumni biography
  3. "Linda Stouffer Bio". www.cnn.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
  4. "Linda Stouffer is let go from CNN". www.mediabistro.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
  5. Brief bio at WSB-TV website Archived 2009-05-19 at the Wayback Machine