Christine Romans is a correspondent and anchor for CNN

CNN

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. She previously worked for Reuters

Reuters

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 and Knight Ridder

Knight Ridder

Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. Until it was bought by The McClatchy Company on June 27, 2006, it was the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspapers sold.- History :The corporate ancestors of...

 Financial News. She is a co-host with Ali Velshi

Ali Velshi

Ali Velshi is a Canadian-American television journalist best known for his work on CNN. He is CNN's Chief Business Correspondent, Anchor of CNN's Wake Up Call and a co-host of CNN's weekday morning show American Morning.-Personal life:...

 on the weekend business TV show Your $$$$$ and is a business correspondent for American Morning

American Morning

American Morning is the morning television show on CNN. It premiered in 2001.-About the show:American Morning is hosted by Ashleigh Banfield, Zoraida Sambolin & Soledad O'Brien. Others who appear regularly are Rob Marciano with the weather, Sunny Hostin on legal news, and CNN senior medical...

. She is from Iowa

Iowa

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 and graduated from Iowa State University

Iowa State University

Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...

. While attending ISU Christine majored in French and journalism and spent extensive time in France as an exchange student.

She previously hosted Street Sweep on the now defunct network, CNNfn

CNNfn

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External links

• Christine Romans profile at CNN.com