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Christina Estes is an American reporter who has worked in local TV and radio news. She is also a mystery author.

Estes attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. Her first paid journalism job was as a part-time reporter at WHOI-TV, the ABC affiliate in Peoria. Christina's first full-time reporting position took her to WHBF-TV, the CBS affiliate, in Rock Island, Illinois. Christina was a reporter and anchor for WSJV-TV, the Fox affiliate in South Bend, Indiana, before moving to Phoenix, Arizona, to work for KNXV-TV, the ABC affiliate.

During her twenty-plus years in Phoenix, Christina has reported for KNXV-TV, KPHO-TV, KTVK-TV, KAET-TV, and radio stations KFYI, KTAR, and KJZZ, the NPR member station, where she currently works. Her reporting has also appeared nationally on CBS and NPR.

Christina has covered presidential campaigns, public policy, crime, education and business. Her stories have ranged from the whimsical- like a fish visiting a dentist - to the weighty, such as witnessing a lethal injection.

Christina's reporting has earned recognition from the Arizona Associated Press, the Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Award for Excellence in Reporting on Drug and Alcohol Problems and the Russell L. Cecil Arthritis Medical Journalism Award.

In addition to reporting for various broadcast outlets, Christina's work has been published in the Arizona Republic, Phoenix Business Journal and Arizona Gazette.

Christina received the Tony Hillerman Prize for Best First Mystery Set in the Southwest and St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books will publish her novel, Off the Air, on March 26, 2024. Featuring a Phoenix TV reporter investigating the murder of a controversial radio talk show host, the novel takes readers behind the scenes of local news.

Off the Air (2024), Minotaur Books 978-1250863850 www.christinaestes.com