Christine DiMattei
Anchor/ReporterYears ago, after racking her brains trying to find a fun, engaging, creative night gig to subsidize her acting habit, Chris decided to ride her commercial voiceover experience into the fast-paced world of radio broadcasting. She started out with traffic reporting, moved on to news -- and never looked back. Since then, Chris has worked in newsrooms throughout South Florida, producing stories for radio broadcasts and the web.
Throughout her career, she has won numerous awards in hard news, breaking news and arts and culture feature reporting categories. As an anchor and reporter for WLRN, Chris has interviewed internationally-renowned flautist Sir James Galway, conductor Michael Tilson-Thomas, and actors John Cusack, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz, Jr., Raul Esparza and Sharon Gless, among others. Apart from interviewing celebrities, Chris delights in getting straight answers from politicians, coaxing meteorologists to speak in layman’s terms during hurricane watches and warnings and having scientists demystify environmental issues like pollution and climate change.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from New York University.
In her other life, Chris has been married 12 times, given birth to 15 children, died four times, twice taken vows as a nun and once been abducted by pirates in the Caribbean -- all this by doing English language dubbing for dozens of foreign films, soap operas and cartoons.
Both lives, she says, have been "a most excellent adventure."
Contact Christine at cdimattei@wlrnnews.org
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The open-air 360-degree theater experience in the Wilton Manors will seat its audience in swivel chairs — allowing them to follow the action as it unfolds across different areas of the Richardson Historic Park & Nature Preserve. -
Diego Salterini's 'Terra Mia/My Land' seeks to challenge stereotypes associated with Italy. The piece will be performed in Fort Lauderdale on May 9 and Aventura on May 10. -
The Miami Beach-based company says this is the first major theatrical production to tackle the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel — and its impacts. -
Celebrated conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, who co-founded the New World Symphony, has been battling an aggressive form of brain cancer. The two performances of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony he will conduct this weekend are bound to be among the most poignant in NWS's nearly 40-year history. -
Festival of the Arts BOCA's 'Centennial Celebration' at the Mizner Ampitheater on March 9 is a multimedia tribute to the city's rich history. -
All the characters in the stage production 'Three Times Cruz,' at the Westchester Cultural Arts Center in Miami from March 6, use imagination to escape their dismal realities. -
Dance NOW! Miami's new piece is titled 'Blue Pencil,' which refers to the symbol of censorship during Portugal's decades-long dictatorship in the 20th century. It comes as Florida faces what critics see as government interference in the arts. -
This week, Pam Tanowitz's Coincident Dances makes its world premiere with Miami City Ballet, in a program that includes choreography by George Balanchine. It is part of Miami City Ballet's "Winter Mix" program. -
Orlando Jacinto Garcia's 'prohibido' makes its debut with Miami Beach-based New World Symphony. -
The festival will take place Jan. 9–23. The opening film tackles the turbulent months of protest before the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, which filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz says reminded him of the bitter political divisions in his native Venezuela and in the U.S. -
Lauderhill Police release bodycam video of deadly encounter with knife-wielding woman. PIO said officer was forced to fire weapon.
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The South Florida-based event is the largest all-male dance festival in the United States. It returns to the Broward Center for the Performing arts this week.
