Christine Chen
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Christine L. Chen is an American
journalist who has been an anchor and reporter for several U.S. television news networks. She is an Emmy Award
winner, and is presently the managing partner of Chen Communications,a marketing communications consulting group based in Seattle, Washington
, and creator of the blog, Xbox Bride, an accounting of the social ramifications of wedding a non-video gamer with an avid gamer.
. She graduated from Miramonte High School
in 1986, and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, double majoring in English and Mass Communications Theory in 1990 from the University of California, Berkeley
.
, UPN
, Fox (Fox Broadcasting Company
), and PBS (Public Broadcasting Service
). Her career began as a writer and producer for the News Travel Network in 1990 after graduation from the University of California at Berkeley.
for KRTV
, a CBS affiliate. She worked in Great Falls for two years and during that time, she was selected by CBS News in New York to be part of an elite group of 5 journalists nationwide in the CBS Minority Correspondent Apprentice two year program. This program resulted in her placement in Portland, Oregon
for an assignment as a reporter for KOIN-TV, another CBS affiliate station. She also served as a CBS Minority Correspondent Apprentice.
Chen moved to Seattle, Washington
in 1995 to accept a new position as a reporter and anchor for KSTW
, a CBS and UPN affiliate station. In 1996, Chen received the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
(NATAS) Northwest Chapter Emmy Award for Individual Achievement in the News Reporter category during their 34th Annual Ceremony.
In 1998, amid financial difficulties, KSTW announced that it was closing its doors and laying off all 62 employees, including Chen. Despite this, Chen received another Emmy award nomination in 1998.
Christine Chen was anchoring ‘Q13 Fox News this Morning’ on September 11, 2001. During the World Trade Center tragedy in New York, Chen stayed on air throughout the ordeal, providing essential news coverage to a shaken public. This would lead to her second Emmy award. On June 15, 2002, Chen received the NATAS Northwest Chapter Emmy Award for Individual Achievement in the News Anchor category during their 39th Annual Ceremony for 2001.
Chen was nominated for an EMMY award each year from 2000-2006 for Individual Achievement in the News Anchor category for the NATAS Northwest Regional Chapter. She was nominated twice for an EMMY in 2006 during the 44th Annual NATAS Northwest Regional Award Ceremony, one nomination for Individual Achievement as a News Anchor, the second for On-Camera Talent - Program Host/Moderator. This was the last of her Emmy nominations, resulting in a total of 10 EMMY award nominations and two wins since 1996.
In 2004, she moved to the anchor position for Q13 Fox News @ 10. That year, Christine was named to the list of top 40 Under 40 business leaders by the Puget Sound Business Journal
.
She launched a new business and personal finance show on PBS called “About The Money with Christine Chen” in 2007, serving as the Launch Host and Anchor. During the same period of time, she was named the West Coast Editor of MyCloset.com which is affiliated with Project Runway
on Bravo (US TV network).
Also in 2007, Chen formed her own marketing communications consulting group, Chen Communications LLC. As part of Chen Communications, Chen has delivered keynote speeches on the topics of communications, media, business ownership and execution, as well as enabling personal and professional change through developing self-awareness. Some of her audiences included the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Filipino Chamber of Commerce, Seattle Chamber of Commerce
, and the U.S. Small Business Administration
.
On April 11, 2007, Chen served as Master of Ceremonies for the launch of the Washington State Quarter during a special ceremony at Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavilion. The quarter was launched by Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire, as well as United States Mint Director Ed Moy and the Washington Quarter Advisory Committee.
Chen also emceed the 2007 Induction Ceremony for the Asian Hall of Fame on April 26, 2007 at the Asian Resource Center in Seattle.
Chen had a cameo role in the 2007 indie award winning film, Fortune Hunters. She also appeared in a scene on the documentary “The King of Kong: a Fistful of Quarters”.
Most recently, she presented a combined session to the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce for the WNET (Women’s Network for Entrepreneurial Training) on May 15, 2008, entitled “Networking 101: Leveraging Connections in Person and Online”.
As of 2009, Chen is focused full time on Chen Communications.
1991-93 Reporter & Weather Anchor, KRTV
(CBS), Great Falls, Montana
1993-95 Reporter, KOIN-TV, Portland, Oregon (CBS Minority Correspondent Apprentice)
1995-98 Anchor & Reporter, KSTW
(CBS & UPN), Seattle, Washington
1998-99 Reporter, KCPQ-TV (Fox), Seattle, Washington
2000-04 Launch Host & Anchor, KCPQ-TV Mornings Live On Q (rebranded as Q13 Fox News This Morning)
2004-06 Anchor, KCPQ-TV Q13 Fox News @ 10
2007-08 Launch Host & Anchor, KCTS 9 PBS About The Money with Christine Chen
2007-08 West Coast Editor, MyCloset.com
2007 Founded Chen Communications, LLC
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
journalist who has been an anchor and reporter for several U.S. television news networks. She is an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
winner, and is presently the managing partner of Chen Communications,a marketing communications consulting group based in Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
, and creator of the blog, Xbox Bride, an accounting of the social ramifications of wedding a non-video gamer with an avid gamer.
Background
The younger of two children born to Taiwanese immigrants, she was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her father was the first Asian Senior Vice President of Bank of AmericaBank of America
Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
. She graduated from Miramonte High School
Miramonte High School
Miramonte High School is a public high school located in Orinda, California. It is part of the Acalanes Union High School District, which has a college preparatory program, with 15 Advanced Placement courses offered. Over 98% of its graduates go on to college. 320 students graduated in 2005, with...
in 1986, and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, double majoring in English and Mass Communications Theory in 1990 from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
.
Career
Chen’s network television career has spanned CBSCBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
, Fox (Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
), and PBS (Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
). Her career began as a writer and producer for the News Travel Network in 1990 after graduation from the University of California at Berkeley.
CBS
Chen’s first break as a reporter and weather anchor occurred in 1991 in Great Falls, MontanaGreat Falls, Montana
Great Falls is a city in and the county seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 58,505 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Cascade County...
for KRTV
KRTV
KRTV is a television station in Great Falls, Montana, broadcasting on digital channel 7 as an affiliate of CBS. The station is owned by Evening Post Publishing Company. The station is part of the Evening Post's Montana Television Network, a network of Montana CBS stations.-History:KRTV began...
, a CBS affiliate. She worked in Great Falls for two years and during that time, she was selected by CBS News in New York to be part of an elite group of 5 journalists nationwide in the CBS Minority Correspondent Apprentice two year program. This program resulted in her placement in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
for an assignment as a reporter for KOIN-TV, another CBS affiliate station. She also served as a CBS Minority Correspondent Apprentice.
Chen moved to Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
in 1995 to accept a new position as a reporter and anchor for KSTW
KSTW
KSTW is a television station serving the Seattle, Washington media market. It is owned by CBS Corporation, and is a part of The CW Television Network. It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 11...
, a CBS and UPN affiliate station. In 1996, Chen received the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences or NATAS was created in 1955 to advance the arts and sciences of television. Headquartered in New York, NATAS's membership is national and the organization has local chapters around the country....
(NATAS) Northwest Chapter Emmy Award for Individual Achievement in the News Reporter category during their 34th Annual Ceremony.
In 1998, amid financial difficulties, KSTW announced that it was closing its doors and laying off all 62 employees, including Chen. Despite this, Chen received another Emmy award nomination in 1998.
Fox
With the demise of KSTW, KCPQ-TV, a Fox affiliate, recruited Chen as a reporter in 1999. In 2000, KCPQ launched ‘Mornings Live on Q’, and Christine Chen was promoted to Anchor and served as the Launch Host. The show was later rebranded ‘Q13 Fox News this Morning’. In 2000, Chen was nominated for another EMMY by the NATAS Northwest Regional Chapter.Christine Chen was anchoring ‘Q13 Fox News this Morning’ on September 11, 2001. During the World Trade Center tragedy in New York, Chen stayed on air throughout the ordeal, providing essential news coverage to a shaken public. This would lead to her second Emmy award. On June 15, 2002, Chen received the NATAS Northwest Chapter Emmy Award for Individual Achievement in the News Anchor category during their 39th Annual Ceremony for 2001.
Chen was nominated for an EMMY award each year from 2000-2006 for Individual Achievement in the News Anchor category for the NATAS Northwest Regional Chapter. She was nominated twice for an EMMY in 2006 during the 44th Annual NATAS Northwest Regional Award Ceremony, one nomination for Individual Achievement as a News Anchor, the second for On-Camera Talent - Program Host/Moderator. This was the last of her Emmy nominations, resulting in a total of 10 EMMY award nominations and two wins since 1996.
In 2004, she moved to the anchor position for Q13 Fox News @ 10. That year, Christine was named to the list of top 40 Under 40 business leaders by the Puget Sound Business Journal
Puget Sound Business Journal
The Puget Sound Business Journal is a weekly American City Business Journals publication containing articles about business people, issues, and events in the greater Seattle, Washington area. The publication also publishes a technology news website named TechFlash...
.
PBS and Chen Communications
In 2006, the Obama campaign selected Christine Chen to emcee his public campaign kickoff event for Seattle. In that same year, Chen announced that she was leaving Fox and anchored the show for the last time on November 29, 2006. Some factors involved in her decision to leave were the desire to start her own venture and the need to care for her ailing mother.She launched a new business and personal finance show on PBS called “About The Money with Christine Chen” in 2007, serving as the Launch Host and Anchor. During the same period of time, she was named the West Coast Editor of MyCloset.com which is affiliated with Project Runway
Project Runway
Project Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...
on Bravo (US TV network).
Also in 2007, Chen formed her own marketing communications consulting group, Chen Communications LLC. As part of Chen Communications, Chen has delivered keynote speeches on the topics of communications, media, business ownership and execution, as well as enabling personal and professional change through developing self-awareness. Some of her audiences included the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Filipino Chamber of Commerce, Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce is a private, membership-based organization that promotes economic prosperity in the metro region of Seattle, Washington, and provides businesses with tools to grow....
, and the U.S. Small Business Administration
Small Business Administration
The Small Business Administration is a United States government agency that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses. The mission of the Small Business Administration is "to maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses...
.
On April 11, 2007, Chen served as Master of Ceremonies for the launch of the Washington State Quarter during a special ceremony at Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavilion. The quarter was launched by Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire, as well as United States Mint Director Ed Moy and the Washington Quarter Advisory Committee.
Chen also emceed the 2007 Induction Ceremony for the Asian Hall of Fame on April 26, 2007 at the Asian Resource Center in Seattle.
Chen had a cameo role in the 2007 indie award winning film, Fortune Hunters. She also appeared in a scene on the documentary “The King of Kong: a Fistful of Quarters”.
Most recently, she presented a combined session to the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce for the WNET (Women’s Network for Entrepreneurial Training) on May 15, 2008, entitled “Networking 101: Leveraging Connections in Person and Online”.
As of 2009, Chen is focused full time on Chen Communications.
Career Timeline
1990-91 Writer/Producer, News Travel Network1991-93 Reporter & Weather Anchor, KRTV
KRTV
KRTV is a television station in Great Falls, Montana, broadcasting on digital channel 7 as an affiliate of CBS. The station is owned by Evening Post Publishing Company. The station is part of the Evening Post's Montana Television Network, a network of Montana CBS stations.-History:KRTV began...
(CBS), Great Falls, Montana
1993-95 Reporter, KOIN-TV, Portland, Oregon (CBS Minority Correspondent Apprentice)
1995-98 Anchor & Reporter, KSTW
KSTW
KSTW is a television station serving the Seattle, Washington media market. It is owned by CBS Corporation, and is a part of The CW Television Network. It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 11...
(CBS & UPN), Seattle, Washington
1998-99 Reporter, KCPQ-TV (Fox), Seattle, Washington
2000-04 Launch Host & Anchor, KCPQ-TV Mornings Live On Q (rebranded as Q13 Fox News This Morning)
2004-06 Anchor, KCPQ-TV Q13 Fox News @ 10
2007-08 Launch Host & Anchor, KCTS 9 PBS About The Money with Christine Chen
2007-08 West Coast Editor, MyCloset.com
2007 Founded Chen Communications, LLC
External links
- Chen Communications (Official website)
- Xbox Bride Blog (Official Blog)
- Chen Communications on Facebook (Official Facebook Fan Page)
- Chen Communications Twitter Page (Official Twitter Account)