Christianne Klein is an American television news anchor, journalist, lifestyle author, television personality, and former anchor and correspondent for

ABC News ABC News most commonly refers to: * ABC News (Australia), a national news service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation * ABC News (United States), a news-gathering and broadcasting division of the American Broadcasting Company ABC News may a ...

. While at ABC, she operated in both New York, NY and Washington DC. In New York, she anchored breaking news coverage for the network and contributed to ABC's network programs including

Good Morning America ''Good Morning America'', often abbreviated as ''GMA'', is an American breakfast television, morning television program that is broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends wit ...

. Klein is the author of the children’s book
''Anna and the Germ that Came to Visit''
(April 2020). Klein teamed up with her mother, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Helene Van Sant-Klein, to add additional therapeutic aspects to the story. The book is designed to give families the tools they need to deal with the sudden changes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. She released her first food and beauty cookbook, ''Christianne's Herbal Kitchen: Fresh Herb Recipes for Body and Soul'' in November 2011. Klein is also a global Ambassador for HealthCorps, a non-profit organization founded by Dr. Mehmet Oz and his wife, Lisa, to combat the childhood obesity epidemic. Prior to ABC News, she worked as an anchor and reporter for ABC-7/

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, USA. She is a

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

native and has worked as the main anchor for KNVN in

Chico, California Chico ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "little") is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. Located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California, the city had a population of 101,475 in the 2020 United Sta ...

and a weekday anchor for

KUTV KUTV (channel 2) is a television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside independent station KJZZ-TV (channel 14) and St. George, Utah, St. George–licensed MyNetwor ...

Channel 2 in

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. She appeared as news reporter Linda Garvey in the 2006 movie, American Dreamz and was a frequent panelist on the late night talk show " Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher". Prior to and during her news career, Klein was a stage performer specializing in comedies, musical theater and Shakespeare. Klein was described (by Rev. Gus Wagster of Chico News and Review, Chico, CA.) as "Marilyn, Madonna and Mansfield all rolled into one". Klein is the granddaughter of Helene Machado, a former athlete and member of the

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley, which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the Uni ...

. Machado was inducted into the

Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by a private foundation. It serves as the central collection and gathering space for the history of baseball in the United S ...

in 1988.

Awards

Klein has been nominated and won numerous awards, including Emmy awards and an Edward R Murrow award.

References

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