Chris Jansing
| Chris Jansing | |
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| Born | January 30, 1957 Fairport Harbor, Ohio |
| Other names | Christine |
| Education | Otterbein College in Ohio |
| Years active | 1980 - Present |
Christine 'Chris' Jansing (born Christine Kapostasy, January 30, 1957) is an American television news correspondent. She currently works for NBC News as host of Jansing and Company on MSNBC.
Jansing was born in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, and is the youngest of 12 children of Joseph and Tilly Kapostasy, of Hungarian and Slovakian descent.
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Career [edit]
Chris Jansing first was exposed to journalism while doing college radio in Ohio. Originally a political science major, Jansing became hooked on journalism and switched majors to broadcast journalism and graduated from Otterbein College in Ohio in 1978. Jansing was a general assignment and an anchor reporter for WNYT in Albany, New York for 17 years. While there, she won an New York Emmy Award in 1997 for her coverage of the Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta.[1]
In 1982, she married Robert Jansing, a chemist, who ran an analytical chemistry laboratory, and in 1998, upon her move to NBC, she began using her married name. She explained it was easier for viewers to pronounce.[2] She and her husband subsequently divorced, but she has continued to use the name "Chris Jansing" professionally.
Chris Jansing joined NBC News in June 1998.[3] She has since anchored and reported for MSNBC, and has been a substitute anchor for The Today Show, and the Sunday version of NBC Nightly News.
Chris Jansing is currently anchor of the 10am hour on MSNBC weekdays on Jansing and Company, with Richard Lui regularly serving as a correspondent and substitute anchor.
Awards [edit]
- An Emmy Award for her coverage of the 1996 Olympic Park bombing at the Olympic Games in Atlanta.
- "Best Person" award from the New York State Broadcasters Association for her report on hunger in New York State.
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