Capital Tonight Anchor Karina Kling has been a broadcast journalist for the past decade. She has always had a passion for politics and sharing people's stories but knew she wanted to officially be in broadcast journalism after taking a video editing class in college.

She says the ability to incorporate her creative side using video elements, along with interviewing, writing and delivering the final product on air has been the perfect career combination.

Karina got her master's degree in Broadcast Journalism at Syracuse University's Newhouse School. She did her undergrad at Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska where she double majored in journalism and vocal music performance.

Karina also helped launch "Capital Tonight" and received the 2012 Texas AP Broadcast award for Best Spot News Story.

Here are some things you might not know about Karina:

  1. I was a vocal performance major in college and went back and forth about going into broadcasting or heading to Broadway. I'm definitely happy with the choice I made but continue to sing, play piano and a little guitar (and flute). I also spend a lot of time going to see live music in Austin.
  2. I credit the above to my parents being theatre professors at Sterling College for 40+ years. I have three brothers and they are all involved in the arts as well…an actor, computer-animator and musician.
  3. My high school forensics team has a pretty impressive winning record. Click to learn more about them. I was part of the team during the 13-year streak and the pressure to keep it going was always strong.
  4. When I was younger, I was a competitive race walker in the Amateur Athletic Union and traveled the country for track meets. At one point, I was ranked second in the nation in my age group. I competed in the 1500m and my fastest time was 8:50. (As pictured, I got 3rd at the AAU Junior Olympic Games in 1992)
  5. I have retired my race walking shoes for running shoes and you can find me on the trail most mornings. But I did play some sports in high school: Tennis, basketball and cheerleading.
  6. I was on Jimmy Kimmel in 2013. Oh wait, you all know that... 
  7. I hid in a cabinet in college until the night security guard left so I could lock myself in an edit bay and finish my senior thesis project. Part of it had been deleted and I needed the extra time and ended up pulling an all-nighter. Our college president found out about it and suspended me for the week of Thanksgiving break. 
  8. I love taking pictures and I guess would consider myself an amateur photographer.
  9. I've climbed two Colorado Fourteeners but have never skied.
  10. I randomly met Lisa Ling at a restaurant in China while there on choir tour in graduate school.

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Email: karina.kling@twcnews.com 
Twitter: @KarinaKling