Who is MSNBC Reports host Chris Jansing?

MSNBC is filling Chuck Todd’s Meet The Press Daily time slot with veteran journalist Chris Jansing for a new show.

Jansing will officially be filling in on May 26, 2022, on the network and will host MSNBC Reports.

Who is Chris Jansing?

Chris’s new position at MSNBC isn’t the first job offer she's received from the company.

She’s been with the network serving as an anchor for 20 years now.

Dating back to the 1980 convention, she’s covered 11 presidential campaigns and worked as a senior White House correspondent.

Some of the biggest breaking news stories to take place over the years have been covered by Chris.

That includes the 2012 shooting tragedy in Aurora, Colorado, the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the New York City terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.

What was Chris Jansing's upbringing like?

In terms of Chris’s family life, she is the youngest out of 12 kids.

Her mother was a baker and her father made ends meet as a factory worker.

When Chris got older, she pursued higher education at Otterbein College where she earned her bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism.

Some 20 years later in 1998, she was hired by NBC News.

Prior to landing her big break with NBC News though, she served as a co-anchor for WNYT-TV Albany.

Chris won two Emmy Awards while working at the station.

What is MSNBC Reports?

According to her May 2022 posts on Twitter, she’s looking forward to her new position at MSNBC.

Fellow news reporter David Gura sent a "congratulations" tweet her way, and she was quick to thank him for it.

In-depth special reports, feature stories, and weather forecasts will be included in MSNBC Reports' coverage.

Other reporters viewers will regularly see aside from Chris on the network are José Díaz-Balart, Andrea Mitchell, Katy Tur, and Hallie Jackson.