Chris Jansing

Chris Jansing serves as daytime anchor on MSNBC as well as a correspondent for MSNBC and NBC News.

Jansing joined NBC News in June 1998 as an NBC News correspondent and anchor for MSNBC.    Jansing covered the terrorist attacks on September 11 as the events unfolded.  Jansing reported on the Pope’s March 2000 pilgrimage to the Holy Land live from Jerusalem for MSNBC and extensively covered the 2000 Election from Tallahassee, FL also for MSNBC.

 In addition to working at MSNBC, Jansing’s duties include work as a correspondent for “Dateline NBC” and as a substitute anchor for “Weekend Today” and the Sunday edition of “NBC Nightly News.”

 Before joining the NBC News team, Jansing co-anchored the nightly news for WNYT-TV Albany, where she started as a general assignment reporter in 1981.  While there, Jansing was honored with numerous awards for excellence in journalism, including an Emmy for her coverage of the 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta, and a “Best Documentary” award from the New York State Broadcasters Association for “In The Land of Plenty,” a report on hunger in New York state.  Jansing has also received many community service awards for her commitment to children.  From 1980 to 1981, Jansing was a radio anchor and reporter for WTRY-AM in Schenectady.  Prior to that, she was an anchor for WOKO-AM in Albany and WIPS-AM in Ticonderoga, NY.

A native of Fairport Harbor, Ohio, Jansing graduated from Otterbein College with a bachelor of arts degree in broadcast journalism.