Kristina Rex
Kristina Rex is a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor for WBZ-TV News. She joined the station in August 2018 from Portland, Maine, where she worked as a general assignment reporter, investigative reporter, and fill-in anchor at WCSH. She started her career in New England as well, working as a morning reporter for WLBZ in Bangor, Maine.
An Andover native and a graduate of Phillips Academy and Boston College, Kristina is thrilled to be home, reporting for the station she grew up watching and covering stories that matter to her community.
Since working for WBZ, Kristina has provided extensive coverage on the Merrimack Valley gas explosions, sexual harassment allegations against the longtime Everett superintendent, the COVID-19 pandemic, a safety crisis at Brockton High School and the Karen Read trial.
She has been nominated for eight regional Emmy awards as a reporter for WBZ.
In Maine, Kristina reported on a wide variety of topics, including Maine's opioid epidemic, an electric company billing crisis, and the corrupt international business dealings of a local ski mountain. Her reporting on Portland's Unsolved Homicides earned her a Maine Association of Broadcasters award for Enterprise Journalism.
Outside of WBZ, Kristina is a part-time student at New England School of Law in Boston. She enjoys spending time with her family, visiting the New Hampshire lakes region, exercising, attending concerts and exploring the world and its food!
