Chris Jansing

Chris Jansing
Born	January 30, 1957 (1957-01-30) (age 54) Fairport Harbor, Ohio
Education	Otterbein College in Ohio
Other names	Christine
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 twelve children of Joseph and Tilly Kapostasy, of Hungarian and Slovakian descent.

Career

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.

Since 1998, Chris Jansing has anchored and reported for MSNBC, and has been a substitute anchor for 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 and Recognition

• 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.

External links

• NBC News bio

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Name	Jansing, Chris
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Date of birth	January 30, 1957
Place of birth	Fairport Harbor, Ohio
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