Alina Cho is a national correspondent for CNN as well as a contributor to American Morning on CNN/U.S. Cho joined the network in February 2004.

Education:
Cho earned a master’s degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and an undergraduate degree in communications from Boston College.

Background:
Before joining CNN, Cho was an anchor and correspondent for ABC News. During her tenure with ABC News, Cho was a regular substitute anchor for World News Now and World News This Morning. She also served as the network’s online correspondent for ABC News Live and as a correspondent for NewsOne, the network’s affiliate news service. Cho reported from the United Nations during the months prior to the war in Iraq and covered the sniper attacks near Washington, D.C., in 2002.

Before joining ABC News, Cho was an anchor with CNBC where she covered a variety of national and international stories including leading the network’s coverage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Prior to joining CNBC, she held several posts with the ABC affiliate WFTS in Tampa, Fla., including morning and weekend anchor and reporter. During her tenure with the affiliate, she earned a regional Emmy award for her reporting on the 1996 St. Petersburg riots. Before joining WFTS, she was with Chicagoland Television where she worked as a reporter for the news network.