Anne State
{{short description|American journalist}}
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Anne M. State (born May 2, 1969) is an American television news anchor, currently weeknight anchor for KGTV, the ABC station in San Diego, California.{{cite web|url=http://www.10news.com/about/10news-team/anne-state|title=Anne State|date=September 10, 2015|publisher=KGTV 10|accessdate=October 25, 2015}} State was formerly at KOIN-TV, the CBS affiliate in Portland, Oregon from July 2014 to April 2015, and was one of the two principal news anchors at WBBM-TV in Chicago from 2008 to 2010.
Early life and education
State grew up in southern California and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, San Diego.{{cite web|url=http://cbs2chicago.com/bios/anne.state.9.697856.html |title=Cbs2chicago.com - Anne State |accessdate=December 3, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081128160950/http://cbs2chicago.com/bios/anne.state.9.697856.html |archivedate=November 28, 2008 }}https://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/kswb-newsanchor-astate,0,2045583.story{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Professional career
State began her journalism career as a reporter and fill-in anchor at KTKA-TV in Topeka, Kansas. She then worked from 1998 until 2000 as a morning anchor and general assignment reporter at KCCI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa. From 2000 to 2002, State worked as a weekend morning anchor and reporter at KMOV-TV in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2002, she joined KNSD-TV in San Diego where she worked as a reporter.
In 2008, State joined WBBM-TV as the co-anchor of the station's 5 pm, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts.{{cite news|title=Newsmakers|date=March 25, 2008|work=TVWeek|publisher=Dexter Canfield Media Inc.|url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/03/newsmakers_36.php|accessdate=July 17, 2016}} On March 26, 2010, State's contract was not renewed, making her a free agent.{{cite news|last=Rosenthal|first=Phil|title= WBBM anchor Anne State out, weatherman Ed Curran off|date=March 26, 2010|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|url=http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/anne-state-wbbm-ed-curran-news-cuts-weather-anchor-.html|accessdate=July 17, 2016}}
She joined WITI-TV Fox 6 in Milwaukee in October 2010 as a weeknight co-anchor.{{cite web|title=Channel 6 hires a new anchor from Chicago|date=September 23, 2010|publisher=OnMilwaukee.com|
url= http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/timcuprisin/annestate.html|accessdate=July 17, 2016}} In July 2014 she became the nightly news anchor for KOIN in Portland, Oregon. During the evening newscast April 14, 2015, State's co-anchor announced that she had stepped down from her position at KOIN, effective immediately, to care for her ailing parents.{{cite web|title=KOIN 6 News anchor Anne State steps down|date=April 14, 2015|publisher=KOIN|url=http://koin.com/2015/04/14/koin-6-news-anchor-anne-state-steps-down/|accessdate=July 17, 2016}}{{cite news|last=Turnquist|first=Kristi|title=KOIN-TV announces anchor Anne State is leaving, to care for her parents|date=April 14, 2015|newspaper=The Oregonian|location=Portland, Oregon|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2015/04/koin-tv_announces_anchor_anne.html|accessdate=July 17, 2016}}
Personal
State holds dual U.S. and Irish citizenship. She also has spent time living and working in London, England and Sydney. In addition, State has hiked in the Himalayas.
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