Chris Jansing Aims to Spotlight MSNBC’s Hard-News Roots
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Chris Jansing is accustomed to doing marathon stints in front of the camera for NBC News and MSNBC.
In the aftermath of 9/11, she sometimes found herself reporting or anchoring for seven hours or more. “I lived on tater tots for, I think, two months,” she recalls in a recent interview. “It was the one thing that could fill me up and wouldn’t ruin my lipstick.” Her latest assignment will require her to be on air only for two hours a day.
But it may prove just as challenging. In an era when cable-news anchoring stints are usually doled out 60 minutes at a time, Jansing is taking on more.
The new edition of her “Chris Jansing Reports” at 1 p.m. expands to two hours, and her widening territory comes as MSNBC’s identity is increasingly tied up with a growing spate of opinion and “news perspective” programs.
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