Christina Walker - Director, National News
Christina Walker
Director, National News
Christina Walker is a director on the National News Hub, overseeing breaking news coverage of national events.
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2 dead and 19 injured in Southern California plane crashJan 3, 2025Two people died and 19 were injured Thursday when a small plane crashed through the roof of a sprawling furniture manufacturing building in Southern California where at least 200 people were working, police said. -
Los Angeles prosecutors to review new evidence in Menendez brothers’ 1996 murder convictionOct 4, 2024Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing new evidence in the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez to determine whether they should be serving life sentences for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 years ago, the city’s district attorney said Thursday. -
November 10, 2022 Hurricane Nicole newsNov 10, 2022Nicole made landfall along Florida’s east coast as a Category 1 hurricane early Thursday morning. Now a tropical storm, it is bringing heavy rains and strong winds across central Florida. -
• Live Updates Live UpdatesLive Updates After slamming Florida, Hurricane Ian barrels into South CarolinaOct 1, 2022Hurricane Ian barrels into South Carolina after strengthening overnight. Follow here for the latest. -
• Live Updates Live UpdatesLive Updates September 9, 2022 Russia-Ukraine newsSep 9, 2022Ukraine’s military said its forces made advancements in the northeast Kharkiv region, liberating 20 settlements in its ongoing counteroffensive. Follow here for live updates. -
A pandemic upended their communities, so these teen inventors built apps to make life easierSep 27, 2020Young inventors who have turned their attention to fighting a global pandemic that has infected more than 32 million and claimed nearly a million lives. -
California’s wildfires show how climate change is making forced evacuations and power shut-offs the normSep 9, 2020California’s Sierra National Forest was quickly surrounded by raging fires as helicopters airlifted hundreds of people. From a scenic retreat to an urgent recovery mission, the contrast is a stark reminder climate change is upending life in the Golden State. -
More than 2,000 students, teachers and staff quarantined in several schoolsAug 17, 2020For many US schools welcoming students back, a return to in-person learning was abruptly halted after new Covid-19 cases. -
The National Zoo’s giant panda, with a yearly window of 24-72 hours to become pregnant, may be expectingAug 16, 2020When Mei Xiang went in for an ultrasound on Friday, her results were shared around the world. -
Wildfires have scorched about 100,000 acres in 3 states. The weather could make things worseAug 15, 2020Officials in California, Oregon and Colorado are battling a series of wildfires that have collectively torched about 100,000 acres – and things could get worse this weekend with intense heat set to descend on much of the US. -
Hundreds have been evacuated after wildfires destroy more than 90,000 acres across 3 statesAug 14, 2020Firefighters across three Western states are battling wildfires that have destroyed more than 90,000 acres. -
40 Confederate symbols have been removed since the death of George Floyd, SPLC saysAug 12, 2020At least 40 Confederate symbols have been removed from across the US since George Floyd’s death in May, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. -
Colorado attorney general investigating whether Aurora police’s ‘patterns and practices’ are unconstitutionalAug 12, 2020Colorado’s attorney general has announced an investigation into whether the “patterns and practices” at the Aurora Police Department are unconstitutional. -
We have different attitudes toward social distancing, and it’s straining relationshipsMay 29, 2020Grandparents unable to see their grandkids. Couples splitting up. The coronavirus isn’t just threatening our health, it’s threatening our relationships, as we try to navigate what a socially distanced world should look like. -
A retired Kansas farmer who mailed New York Gov. Cuomo an N-95 mask is given bachelor’s degreeMay 7, 2020When Gov. Andrew Cuomo held up a letter and N-95 mask sent to him by a retired Kansas farmer, he called it humanity at its best. -
Hospital chaplains are bridging the gap between patients and grieving families who can’t stay by their bedside during the coronavirus pandemicApr 26, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted how we grieve and heal, forcing families to stay apart to stay healthy. It is in this space hospital chaplains have become intermediaries — providing messages of love, support and compassion.
About
Christina Walker is a director on the National News Hub, overseeing breaking news coverage of national events.
Since coming to CNN in 2016, she’s helped lead coverage in such stories as the Los Angeles wildfires, the Covid-19 pandemic and the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. She also has a passion for how data reporting can inform coverage and helped build CNN’s 10-year database of U.S. school shootings.
Before joining CNN, Walker spent five years covering the Supreme Court for Oyez and also studied in New Zealand on a U.S. Fulbright Scholarship, where she produced a documentary on how communities adapt to changing environmental regulations.
Walker is from Nashville, Tennessee, and graduated from Northwestern University with degrees in journalism and political science.
