Anne M. State (born May 2, 1969) is an American television news anchor at WITI-TV in Milwaukee, WI and was one of the two principal news anchors at WBBM-TV in Chicago from 2008 to 2010.
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State grew up in southern California and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, San Diego and a master's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[1][2]
In 1994, State backpacked around the world.[2]
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.[1]
In 2008, State joined WBBM-TV as the co-anchor of the station's 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts.[1][3] On March 26, 2010, State's contract was not renewed making her a free agent.[4]
She joined WITI-TV Fox 6 in Milwaukee the week of October 4th, 2010 as a weeknight co-anchor.[5]
State holds dual U.S. and Irish citizenship. She also has spent time living and working in London, England and Sydney, Australia.[1] In addition, State has hiked in the Himalayas.[2]