Kristine Sorensen Biography
Kristine Sorensen is an American Emmy Award-winning Anchor and Reporter working for CBS Pittsburgh – KDKA-TV in Pennsylvania as a special news reporter and evening news anchor. Prior to joining the station in April 2003, she worked for a station in Dallas, Texas.
Kristine Sorensen Age
Sorensen was born on September 23, 1971, in Winter Park, Florida, United States. She is therefore 52 years old as of 2023. She celebrates her birthday on the 23rd of September every year.
Kristine Sorensen Height
Sorensen stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 5 inches.
Kristine Sorensen Family
Sorensen has managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight hence she has not disclosed any information about her parents. It is also not known if Sorensen has any siblings.
Kristine Sorensen Husband / Children
Sorensen is a married woman, and her spouse is Marty Griffin, a radio host at KDKA. The couple takes great pride in being dad and mom to their 3 kids: Vincent (son), Chloe (daughter), and Sophia (daughter). Sorensen and Vincent began a club at his middle school to raise funds for Ukrainian kids during their invasion of Russia.
Kristine Sorensen Net Worth
Sorensen has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as an Anchor and Reporter.
Kristine Sorensen Salary
Sorensen earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Kristine Sorensen Education
Sorensen is a proud alumnus of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where she obtained a Master’s Degree in Journalism. She is also an alumnus of the College of William and Mary in Virginia, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Government and a minor in Dance. Additionally, Sorensen is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, where she obtained a graduate marketing certificate. Sorensen has worked as an adjunct professor at Point Park University.
Kristine Sorensen Career
Sorensen serves at CBS Pittsburgh – KDKA as a special news reporter and evening news anchor. She anchors the 5 PM newscasts and mainly focuses on stories based in Kidsburgh. She partners with Kidsburgh.org, showing good things in the community for families and children. Sorensen has served as the host of “Pittsburgh Today Live” on KDKA for 11 years. Before joining KDKA, she served at a TV station situated in Dallas, Texas, as a news reporter and anchor.
Over the years of her career, she has won several awards for her incredible work as a journalist. She holds a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award, which she was awarded for feature reporting Kidsburgh-based human interest stories. Some of these stories include kids in the Christmas play “A Musical Christmas Carol”, a friendly crossing guard, and an autistic boy who learned to talk with a special iPad. Sorensen also got awards for her work as a host and reporter of the Pittsburgh Today Live show, which was recognized as the best news talk show.
During her spare time, she likes helping the community by doing volunteer work. For community service in the year 2022, Sorensen was among the 5 individuals to be awarded the “Paramount Impact Award” by Paramount. She has also worked with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (on the Trustees’ board) for a decade and wrote for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about dance. Sorensen passionately advocates for various charitable organizations such as Variety the Children’s Charity, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and the March of Dimes.
Sorensen’s other hobbies include gardening, reading good books, dancing, playing tennis, and attending Pittsburgh’s cultural institutions. In the realm of dancing, Sorensen learned to dance when she was young and danced with dance companies for a decade. In the year 2013, she did a solo performance with the Bodiography Contemporary Ballet company at the Byham Theater.
Kristine Sorensen CBS Pittsburgh – KDKA
Sorensen is working at CBS Pittsburgh where she works alongside other famous CBS Pittsburgh meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;
- Ken Rice
- Kristin Emery
- Ron Smiley
- Ray Petelin
- Mary Ours
- Falicia Woody
- Jessica Guay
- Erika Stanish
- Erica Mokay
- John Shumway
Kristine Sorensen Surgery / Health
On October 28, 2020, Sorensen posted her photo lying on a hospital bed, on her Facebook page. The caption of the post stated that her foot surgery went smoothly. She went ahead and stated that the doctor put synthetic cartilage in her big toe joint and removed a bone spur. Sorensen explained the reason for the surgery was she had arthritis in the big toe joint. The caption also said, “I think that dancing on pointe shoes might not have been good for the cartilage in those toe joints”. The surgery made her to be off her newscasts for quite a while, but she eventually recovered fully.
Kristine Sorensen Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and often posts on her Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. She has over 3K followers on Instagram.
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