Christina Park to be a doctor when she chose her true calling—journalism. She joined CNN in 1999 as a medical and health producer for CNN Headline News. She has also reported for Headline News as well as for CNN, CNN International and has served as an anchor for CNN Student News. During her tenure at CNN, Park helped launch a number of programs, including "CNN.COM," for which she received a National Headliner Award. She also launched a profile-style program, "People in the News." In August 2001, she moved to Headline News as a writer for the launch of the revamped network. Park
CNN International news website CNN.com (initially an experiment known as "CNN Interactive") on August 30, 1995. The site attracted growing interest over its first decade and is now one of the most popular news websites in the world. The widespread growth of blogs, social media and user-generated content have influenced the site, and blogs in particular have focused CNN's previously scattershot online offerings, most noticeably in the development and launch of CNN Pipeline in late 2005. In April 2009, CNN.com ranked third place among online global news sites in unique users in the U.S. according to Nielsen/NetRatings; with an increase of 11%