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Christine Devine

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Christine Devine (born November 2, 1965) is an American television news anchor based in Los Angeles. She anchors weeknights on KTTV Fox 11 News. She has won 16 Emmy Awards, including the Governors Award, with six Emmys for Best Newscast.

Devine was born in Hamburg, New York, and grew up in Arizona. She graduated from Arizona State University in 1987 and started as a reporter in Arizona before joining KTTV. She is in the Walter Cronkite School of Broadcast Journalism Hall of Fame and received ASU's Founders Day Alumni Achievement Award. In 2021 she received an honorary doctorate from Cal State LA. She attended Tolleson Union High School in Tolleson, Arizona, where she was valedictorian and voted "Most Likely to Succeed." She is of Brazilian and European American ancestry. Her mother later married Dr. Jack Devine, who adopted her and gave her the name Christine Devine.

Devine is best known for her "Wednesday's Child" adoption segment. Since 1994 she has profiled foster children seeking adoptive homes, helping to place more than 500 children. She wrote the book Wednesday's Child: Finding a Forever Family, A News Anchor's Notebook. She has received many honors, including the Angels in Adoption award from the Congressional Coalition, two Gracie Allen Awards, and the Anna Quindlen Award for Community Service, among others. She helped found The Good News Foundation, which supports homeless children and low-income women in Los Angeles.

On November 20, 2015, Fox News celebrated her 25 years with the station. She has appeared as a reporter in several films and TV shows, including 24, Prison Break, Melrose Place, 90210, The Cable Guy, Wag the Dog, Most Wanted, and Independence Day.

In her personal life, she married musician-actor Sean McNabb on September 9, 2016. They are active in charity events and public speaking.


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