Chagmion Antoine (born April 21, 1982) is an American broadcast journalist, best known for her work at CBS News.
Career Antoine graduated from Alfred University in 2004."Alumni, faculty member featured in national quarterly", AU Press Releases, Alfred University, May 24, 2006.
Hired by CBS in 2005, she has worked exclusively as an anchor/general assignment reporter for CBS News on Logo, a division of CBS News that provides programming for Logo, Viacom's 24-hour gay network. Chagmion Antoine worked with Logo as an intern while attending the National Gay and Lesbian Journalist Association.
Antoine is also known for her stint as the host of Logo's weekly online talkshow She Said What. The show is featured on the website AfterEllen.com and has been described a lesbian version of The View."100 Women We Love: Class of 2007", GO! NYC magazine, June 8-August 3, 2007. page 23. Antoine is joined by co-hosts Staceyann Chin, Lauren Blitzer, and the site's creator Sarah Warn.
Antoine is the first openly bisexual newscaster to be featured on a major news program. In the December 2008 issue of Curve magazine, Kristin A. Smith wrote, "As a bisexual woman of color on an all-gay news network, Antoine is paving new ground in the business.""Top Ten Reasons We Love Chagmion Antoine", Curve magazine, December 2008. page 72.
Chagmion works as a guest blogger for a project called Women Under Siege, which deals with media coverage of sexual violence and conflict.
Other media appearances Antoine is included in GO! NYC magazine's 2007 "100 Women We Love" issue. Curve magazine's December 2008 issue features a full-page article on her titled, "Top Ten Reasons We Love Chagmion Antoine". Cast in films such as Person Of Interest, and Invasion. Along with television shows House of Cards, and Madam Secretary.
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External links https://web.archive.org/web/20130107065622/http://www.curvemag.com/Curve-Magazine/Web-Articles-2008/Top-Ten-Reasons-We-Love-Chagmion-Antoine/ http://www.gomag.com/article/100_women_we_love/7 https://web.archive.org/web/20091003205336/http://www.afterellen.com/shesaidwhat http://www.alfred.edu/pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?ID=3362 https://web.archive.org/web/20110930032014/http://www.365gay.com/ http://www.logoonline.com/video/?id=1594547&vid=275341