Chris Jansing (Born Christine Kapostasy on January 30, 1956), the youngest of 12 children of Greek descent, Jansing hails from Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Jansing is a American TV news anchor and correspondent. January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fairport Harbor is a village located in Lake County, Ohio. ... A news anchor (US,Can. ...

Career

Kapostasy first was exposed to journalism while doing college radio in Ohio. Originally a Political Science major, Kapostasy became hooked on journalism and switched majors to Broadcast Journalism and graduated in 1978 from Otterbein College in Ohio. Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, analyzing and presenting information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... State nickname: The Buckeye State Official languages None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus (largest metropolitan area is Cleveland) Governor Bob Taft (R) Senators Mike DeWine (R) George V. Voinovich (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 34th 116,096 km² 8. ... Political science is a social science discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... Broadcast journalism refers to television news and radio news, as well as the online news outlets of broadcast affiliates. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Otterbein College is a private, independent, coed, four-year liberal arts college founded in 1847 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. ... State nickname: The Buckeye State Official languages None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus (largest metropolitan area is Cleveland) Governor Bob Taft (R) Senators Mike DeWine (R) George V. Voinovich (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 34th 116,096 km² 8. ...

Pre-1981

• Kapostasy works various radio anchor positions at WOKO, WIPS, and WTRY, all in the state of New York.

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1981

• Kapostasy is hired as a general assignment reporter by WNYT in Albany, New York. Subesquently Kapostasy is promoted to anchor, eventually teaming up with legendary local news anchor Ed Dague. For over a decade the Dague/Kapostasy anchor team ruled Albany television.

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1996

• Kapostasy receives an Emmy Award for her coverage of the 1996 Olympic Park bombing at the Olympic Games in Atlanta.

• Kapostasy receives a "Best Documentary" award from the New York State Broadcasters Association for her report on hunger in New York State.

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1998

• An NBC News executive, vacationing in upstate New York, sees Kapostasy on WNYT. Kapostasy, leaves WNYT after 17 years and is hired by NBC News and goes to work at NBC's cable news channel MSNBC in June of 1998. Kapostasy takes on her married name of Jansing with the move to MSNBC. Jansing's duties outside of MSNBC include reporting for Dateline NBC and substituting on Weekend Today and the weekend edition of NBC Nightly News.

• On November 12th, Jansing has an exclusive one hour live interview with O.J. Simpson on MSNBC's Newsfront program.

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1999

• Jansing covers the funeral of John F. Kennedy Jr..

Underwater funeral in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea A funeral is a ceremony marking a persons death. ... John F. Kennedy Jr. ...

2000

• Jansing spends 37 days in Tallahassee, Florida covering the 2000 Presidential Election and the vote recount that ensued between George W. Bush and Al Gore. When the Florida-Florida State football game occurs, she is forced to bunk in a law student dorm because the hotels are filled up.

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2001

• Jansing auditions on KTLA's Morning News for two days on June 18th and 19th. The position is eventually filled by Giselle Fernandez.

• Jansing reports for MSNBC on the story of the execution of Timothy McVeigh in Terre Haute, Indiana live from Oklahoma City.

• Jansing is live on the air on MSNBC on September 11 when two 767 jets destroy the World Trade Center.

• Jansing anchors the invasion of Afghanistan for MSNBC.

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2002

• With the Afghan conflict and the War On Terror receeding a bit in the public's consciousness, MSNBC makes a bizarre programming move still talked about to this day. MSNBC changes its format away from hard news and institutes four hours of talking head style coverage. Jansing's role at MSNBC is reduced to five minute news updates during the Curtis and Kuby and Buchannan and Press shows. MSNBC's ratings tumble and within a few months Curtis and Kuby is cancelled and Buchanan and Press is scaled back to one hour. Jansing resumes anchoring MSNBC news coverage full time.

Talking head is slang for interview footage shot in a locked down medium shot of the subjects head and shoulders. ...

2003

• Jansing pulls 8 hour shifts on the air starting at 4 am Eastern Time for over 14 days straight as MSNBC goes wall to wall with its coverage of the Iraq War.

The Eastern Standard Time Zone (abbreviated EST) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting five hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). ... The Iraq war or war in Iraq, is both an informal and formal term for military conflicts in Iraq that began with the invasion of 2003 by the multinational coalition of American, British, and other forces. ...

2004

• Jansing hits the campaign trail starting in January. For the next nine months, she cris-crosses the country, reporting from the road on the 2004 Primaries, the Democratic National Convention, the Republican National Convention, and the Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates, periodically returning to MSNBC's Secaucus studios to anchor MSNBC Live. She hosts three "Battleground America" specials, one of which wins an award, on the issues and tactics involved in the election. She covers the Presidential Election from Ohio.

• During that time Jansing also anchors a series of MSNBC specials on the Abu Ghraib scandal and the 9/11 Commission.

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2005

• Jansing covers the inauguration of President George W. Bush for his second term.

• Jansing heads to Rome, ostensibly to cover Pope John Paul II during Easter. However after Easter, the Pope, already frail, passes away while she is in Rome and Jansing covers his funeral and the choosing of his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. For the ceremony installing the new Pope, Jansing anchors the coverage exclusively for both MSNBC and NBC.

• Jansing covers the launch and landing of Space Shuttle Discovery, doing several space themed specials during that period as well.

• Jansing anchors a new periodic series on MSNBC called "The Ethical Edge", the concept of which sprung from her experiences in Rome earlier in the year.

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Biographical

• Jansing is a believer on giving back to the community and especially to helping children. She has taken time off to go speak at colleges and universities across the country on her experiences as a broadcast journalist to aspiring journalists.

• In 1993, The Vermont State Legislature passed a resolution honoring Chris Kapostasy for her commitment to youth issues, in particular her "Monday's Child" segments on WNYT which matched children with Big Brother and Big Sister mentors.

• The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York has a scholarship established in her name; The Christine Kapostasy Jansing Endowed Scholarship in Public Communications.

• In 2003, Jansing received a Special Achievement Award from Otterbein College.

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