Janine G. Bastock

Janine Georgina Bastock (born Adam Bastock on May 13, 1992) is an American television personality and journalist, and a news anchor for WAOT-TV in and Heart News Network. She is one of the first transgender news anchors.

Biography
Janine was born in, and was assigned male at birth and named Adam Bastock. Janine never met her biological father, a Venezuelan man who was arrested and deported for drug possession.

Janine came out as transgender to her mother at the age of 18 and began transitioning from male to female afterwards. She attended, of which she graduated in 2018 with a degree in Communication and Journalism. She became a social media sensation after her story was publicized by.

In late-2018, Janine announced that she had received a job offer from WAOT-TV in and would become the station's co-anchor. She replaced Patrice Mabille, who had moved to. At 26 years of age, she became the youngest co-anchor in the station's history, as well as the station's first transgender newscaster. She and co-anchor Nathan West were named "The Best Reason to Watch WAOT-TV" in 2019 by New Hampshire magazine.

In January 2020, Janine began hosting Bastock @ 10 on Heart News Network, 's news network targeting the LGBTQ+ community.