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Introduction
Lynda Kinkade is an Australian journalist and a CNN anchor currently based at CNN’s World Headquarters located in Atlanta, Georgia. Since August 2014 she has anchored the weekend editions of CNN International’s CNN Newsroom and continues to anchor several weekday programs filling in on the European primetime show The World Right Now, the Middle East prime time show Connect the World and the Asia breakfast show CNN Today.
Early life
| Name | Lynda Kinkade |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Occupation | News anchor |
| Age | |
| Height | 1.68m |
Lynda Kinkade was born in Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Australian parents and attended the University of Technology Sydney.
Career
Lynda Kinkade started her broadcasting career in 2002 when she joined the Seven Network in her second year of university as a political researcher. She worked on the 2003 New South Wales state election coverage. Her research on each electorate in New South Wales was published and used during the election coverage by the anchors, reporters, and producers.
Kinkade was hired by Sunrise following the election and worked the graveyard shifts as a junior producer throughout her final year of university. After completing her degree at the University of Technology Sydney with a distinction average, Lynda Kinkade moved to the country to gain field experience working as a roving reporter for NBN Television in Newcastle, New South Wales, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Lismore, New South Wales.
She joined the Nine Network twelve months later in December 2004 as an assistant Chief of Staff, going on to become a producer and reporter on Today, Nine Afternoon News, Nightline, and Nine News Sydney.
She also presented the weekend edition of the Qantas Inflight News. During her four years at the network, Kinkade worked on coverage that included the 2005 Nias Island Sea King crash, the death of Pope John Paul II, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, and the 2005 Cronulla riots.
In December 2008, Kinkade moved to Melbourne re-joining the Seven Network as a national correspondent for the nightly public affairs program Today Tonight. Kinkade pursued a number of investigations which included one-on-one interviews with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
She also reported extensively on the Black Saturday bushfires and was the first reporter on a convoy with families as they returned to the devastated town of Kinglake, Victoria. Kinkade was a regular reporter at the Australian Open and the Logie Awards. Her entertainment interviews included John Travolta, Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, and Jennifer Hawkins.
In December 2013, Lynda Kinkade resigned from Seven Network and moved to New York City to work as a freelance foreign correspondent. She covered breaking news and filed reports for Sunrise, Seven News, and Today Tonight.
She also wrote for The Courier-Mail and The Daily Telegraph. Her stories include the 2014 East Harlem gas explosion, the Ebola virus disease outbreak, the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and the Early 2014 North American cold wave known as the ‘Polar Vortex.’
Kinkade began commuting from New York City to Atlanta in August 2014 to anchor for the weekend editions of CNN Newsroom. After several months of freelancing, CNN signed Lynda Kinkade full-time in January 2015 as an anchor and correspondent.
Wife
Lynda Kinkade is a married woman and has children with her husband. She is wedded to her husband Travis Jackson. The couple had their wedding in 2013.
Lynda Kinkade net worth
How much is Lynda Kinkade worth? Lynda Kinkade’s net worth is estimated at around $5 million. Her main source of income is from her primary work as a news anchor. Lynda Kinkade’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $388,000 dollars annually. Her remarkable achievements have earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. She is one of the richest and most influential news anchors in Australia. She stands at an appealing height of 1.68m and has a good body weight which suits her personality.