Chris Jansing Bio
Chris Jansing born Christine Ann Kapostasy-Jansing is an American television journalist. Currently, she anchors Chris Jansing Reports airing from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET weekdays on MSNBC. Chris began working at her current position in May 2022 after replacing MTP Daily.
Previously Chris hosted Jansing and Company on MSNBC from 2010 to 2014 and served as the NBC News senior White House correspondent from 2014 to 2017.
Chris Jansing Age
Chris is 66 years old as of 2023. She was born on January 30 1957 in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, US. Chris celebrates her birthday on 30 January every year and her birth sign is Aquarius.
Chris Jansing Height
Chris stands tall at an average height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.68 cm). He weighs 132 lb (60 kg). Chris has a very beautiful complexion with brown eyes and blonde hair.
Chris Jansing Family
Chris was born in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, to a Roman Catholic family. She is the daughter of Joseph and Tilly Kapostasy. Chris has 11 siblings and she is the youngest. She is of Hungarian and Slovak descent.
Chris attended Otterbein College where he in 1978 graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Previously, a political science major, Chris switched majors to broadcast journalism after working for the college radio station.
Chris Jansing MSNBC
Chris is currently anchoring Chris Reports airing from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET weekdays on MSNBC, having replaced MTP Daily in May 2022. In June 1998 Chris joined NBC News, and this is when she began to use the last name of Jansing professionally instead of her maiden name of Kapostasy which she had used before then. Since then Chris has anchored and reported for MSNBC and has been a substitute anchor for The Today Show, and the Sunday version of NBC Nightly News.
Chris moved to Los Angeles in 2008 and worked as a field reporter for two years before returning as an anchor in 2010. Initially, Chris anchored the 10 am hour on MSNBC weekdays on Jansing and Company, with Richard Lui regularly serving as a correspondent and substitute anchor. On June 13 2014 the show ended when Chris became NBC’s Senior White House Correspondent.
Chris was named a senior national correspondent for MSNBC On June 1, 2017. As part of the role, Chris would continue to anchor the network’s breaking news coverage alongside Brian. She would also provide coverage from the White House and Capitol Hill. It was announced on May 6, 2022, that with the move of MTP Daily to NBC News NOW, Chris would take over the slot with her own hour of MSNBC Reports. Her show expanded to two hours on February 13, 2023.
WNYT
Chris began her journalist career after college where she worked as an intern at a cable station in Columbus, Ohio. She then accepted a job for a short stint at radio station WIPS (AM) in Ticonderoga, New York.
Later Chris took a position as a general assignment reporter for WNYT television in Albany, New York. There she quickly rose to become the weekend anchor and then the weekly co-anchor. She stayed at WNYT for 17 years. During her time there, Chris won a New York Emmy Award in 1997 for her coverage of the Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta.
Chris Jansing Salary
Chris earns an annual salary of $73,220 from her career as a journalist. Currently, she anchors Chris Jansing Reports airing from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET weekdays on MSNBC.
Chris Jansing Net worth
Chris has an estimated net worth of $4 million as of 2023. This includes her assets, money, and income. Her primary source of income is her career as a journalist.