Cinnamon Linda Stouffer (born August 5, 1970) is an American

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. She currently co-anchors the early morning news broadcasts on

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2, Atlanta, Georgia.

Background

Born in San Marcos, Texas, Stouffer attended the public school system, graduating from San Marcos High School in 1988. She was Texas' Junior Miss when she was a high school senior and participated in the America's Junior Miss Scholarship Program in 1988. Stouffer then attended the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, on a

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scholarship. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication, magna cum laude in 1992.Distinguished_Alumni.html San Marcos High School Distinguished Alumni biography
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Professional career

After college, Stouffer (working under the name Cinnamon Stouffer) was hired as a general assignment reporter at KMOL-TV in

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in 1992, eventually being promoted to an anchor. In 1994 she moved to

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, Florida, working as a general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for

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. She moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1997, joining

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(CNN), 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

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for

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. Stouffer was among several laid off in December 2008, her last day at CNN being December 14, 2008. She then began working local news on

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.Brief bio at WSB-TV website''

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