Kristine Johnson (born June 5, 1972, in

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, Philippines), is a co-anchor at

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in New York City on the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts with

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Early life and education

Johnson was born in the Philippines, the daughter of a

Filipina Filipinos ( tl, Mga Pilipino) are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups, all typically speaking either Filipino, English and/or other ...

mother and a

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father. Johnson graduated from the

University of Nebraska A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

with a

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journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

and

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s in

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, history and English.

Career

Johnson started her career as a reporter and anchor in

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for

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. She joined NBC in 2005, working as an anchor of

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's ''

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'' and '' First Look'' on

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. She was also one of the alternating news anchors on NBC's ''

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''. She announced on ''Early Today'' that October 20, 2006, was her last day and that she would be moving on. That was the same week that

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announced that it would cut 700 jobs. She joined

in November 2006 as co-anchor of the noon and 5 p.m. newscasts alongside

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, the station's former sports director. In June 2007, she and Wragge replaced

Dana Tyler Dana Tyler (born November 24, 1958) is a news anchor and reporter at WCBS-TV in New York City, where she anchors the station's 6 PM newscast. In addition, Tyler hosts ''Eye on New York'', a half-hour weekly community affairs program for WCBS, a ...

and

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on the 11 p.m. newscast, with Tyler and Rosenfield taking the noon newscast. She anchored the news during

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, the blizzard of 2013, the

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, United States, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people. Twenty of the victims were children between six and seven years old, and t ...

, and

Boston Marathon bombing The Boston Marathon bombing was a domestic terrorist attack that took place during the annual Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Two terrorists, brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, planted two homemade pressure cooker bombs, w ...

. In September 2022, Johnson traveled to

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to cover preparations for the

funeral of Elizabeth II On 8 September 2022, at 15:10 BST, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, and the longest-reigning British monarch, died of old age at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at the age of 96. The Queen's death ...

. She is the recipient of two nominations for an

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award as a producer.

Personal life

Johnson resides in

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Upper Saddle River is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 8,208,New York City Marathon The New York City Marathon (currently branded TCS New York City Marathon after its headline sponsor) is an annual marathon () that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, with 53,627 finishe ...

s in 2014, 2015, and 2021.

References

External links

Kristine Johnson Biography
at wcbstv.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Kristine Filipino emigrants to the United States University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni American people of Swedish descent American women journalists American writers of Filipino descent People from Angeles City People from Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Television anchors from New York City Living people 1972 births CBS News people NBC News people MSNBC people 21st-century American women

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Career

Personal life

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