Kristina Matisic

Kristina Matisic (born December 26, 1968) is the host, with Anna Wallner, of The Shopping Bags, Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag, and Anna & Kristina's Beauty Call.

Kristina Matisic
TV host Kristina Matisic
Born (1968-12-26) December 26, 1968 [1]
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupationtelevision host, actor, television producer, news anchor, news announcer, reporter

Matisic was born in Zagreb, Croatia.[2] She has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of British Columbia[2] and a master's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Southern California.[3]

In 1993, Matisic started her career in broadcasting as a news announcer on Mountain FM. The following year, she began working at CKVU-TV in Vancouver, as an overnight news anchor for Global News, an associate producer and a reporter. In 1997, she was the news anchor and producer of that station's 11:30 pm newscast.[3]

Early life

Television career

Broadcasting

Television host and actor

The Shopping Bags

While there, Matisic met Anna Wallner and created The Shopping Bags concept.[4] Their show has won numerous Leo awards and two Gemini award nominations.[5] They maintain an extensive website[6] that includes product reviews and shopping tips and they write for numerous publications across North America. They are also co-authors of the book, The Shopping Bags: Tips, Tricks and Inside Information to Make You a Savvy Shopper.[7]

Personal life

Matisic appeared in an episode of Final Destination as reporter Marilyn Eckerle.[8] In January 2009, she was living in Vancouver, British Columbia.[2]

gollark: I mean, irrelevant ones which don't back your claims, yes.
gollark: Oh, and "you constantly just refer people to giant sets of papers and random YouTube videos".
gollark: Also "you aren't using actual evidence" and "you're constantly shifting the goalposts" and "you're not even bothering to explain your claims and just expect people to infer them from random papers" and "you say stupidly vague things and cite papers for evidence because they sound vaguely related".
gollark: Your quote, not the video which I have ignored.
gollark: Well, it's hardly a good-faith attempt to explain a point or something, and you're unlikely to make anyone actually do much about it by saying it again.

References
  1. And A Merry Christmas To All! annaandkristina.com Blog article. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  2. Marcy Cornblum (2009-01-16). "Test Kitchen". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  3. "The Shopping Bags Host Bios". W Network. Archived from the original on November 7, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  4. Archived December 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-01-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Anna & Kristina (2013-07-26). "Anna Wallner & Kristina Matisic: The Shopping Bags Official Website". Annaandkristina.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
  7. Archived March 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  8. http://www.movietome.com/people/42083/kristina-matisic/credits.html%5B%5D
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