Lynda Kinkade

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 Newsroom and does the same on some weekdays. She is also a sit-in host in Atlanta of One World and other shows such as the Middle East afternoon's Connect the World and North American primetime's The Brief. Kinkade likewise anchored several past weekday programs, filling in on First Move, the European primetime show The World Right Now and the Asia breakfast show CNN Today.

Career Kinkade began 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.

Following the election Kinkade was hired by Sunrise and worked the graveyard shifts as junior producer throughout her final year of university. She covered breaking news and filed reports for Sunrise, Seven newscasts and Today Tonight. She also wrote for The Courier-Mail and The Daily Telegraph. Her stories including 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 the weekend, and sometimes weekday, editions of CNN Newsroom. After several months freelancing, CNN signed her full-time in January 2015 as an anchor and correspondent.

Personal life Kinkade has three daughters with her husband, Travis Jackson.