chris balish SEVEN-TIME emmy award winning BROADCAST journalist, network tv host & bestselling author
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BOOK NEWS:  Chris’s second book SOLD!  This is the second book in Chris’s How to Live Well series. Random House was outbid by Health Communications, Inc., publishers of the Chicken Soup series.
TELEVISION NEWS:  Watch Chris working the red carpet & interviewing movie actors and directors poolside all summer long hosting “AMC All-Star Summer” on American Movie Classics cable channel.
BOOK NEWS: Chris’s book displayed front and center in 700 Barnes & Noble stores for Earth Day.
BREAKING NEWS: Dartmouth Alumni Magazine names Chris one of the college’s “25 Amazing Alums.”
PUBLISHING NEWS: Chris’s publishing company bought by Random House.
TV NEWS: Watch Chris hosting “Hollywood 4-1-1” on TV Guide Network.
BOOK NEWS: Chris’s book named “Ocean Book of the Month.”
TV NEWS: Watch Chris on NBC’s Today Show with Matt Lauer by clicking here.
BOOK NEWS: Chris’s book shoots up to #4,245 in Amazon.com sales rankings.
MORE TV NEWS: Watch Chris on Discovery Networks’ Planet Green channel.  
MORE TV NEWS: Watch Chris on the syndicated entertainment news show EXTRA.
 
EMMY WINNING JOURNALIST Chris Balish is a seven-time Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist, TV news anchor and reporter, primetime network TV host, bestselling author, and an on-air contributor for NBC’s Today Show, MSNBC, and CNN. Chris also served as chief national correspondent and co-host of the Warner Bros/Telepictures primetime magazine program “CW Now” on The CW Network, fill-in host for “Hollywood 4-1-1” on TV Guide Channel, and an eco-correspondent for Discovery Networks’ Planet Green cable channel. His book, How to Live Well without Owning a Car: Save Money, Breathe Easier, and Get More Mileage Out of Life, made the Amazon.com environmental best seller list and the National Public Radio bestseller list.  Chris’s green lifestyle has been featured on more than 800 radio and TV stations, and in more than 140 magazines and newspapers, including Newsweek, Sierra, The Today Show, ABC News, CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio, Forbes, The New York Times, Washington Post, and many more. In his ten years on television, Chris has received more than 30 awards for excellence in journalism, on-air hosting, and broadcasting, including 32 regional Emmy Award nominations and seven (7) regional Emmy Awards.  He won the Emmy for “TV Host” twice.  He won the Emmy for “TV Narrator” twice.  He has interviewed Hollywood's biggest celebrities, pop and country music superstars, authors, heads of state, a queen, congressmen, CEO's, and senators.    Consider these numbers: 4,000 live interviews, 500 live celebrity interviews, 500 live cooking segments, 30 live fashion shows, 12 primetime specials, 27 episodes of a regional travel show, 750 episodes of a live daily entertainment news and talk show, 21 episodes of a home remodeling series, 60 live 30-minute shows in the field with no teleprompter, and three live weddings.  So what’s the benefit of all that experience?  Chris can handle anything that comes his way on TV—whether it’s a witty comment during a live cooking segment or swimming with sharks on the Great Barrier Reef.  Chris is also a nationally-known keynote speaker on the following topics: How to Thrive in a Down Economy, How to Slash Expenses in a Recession, active lifestyles, reducing your car cost, avoiding high gas prices, reducing car use, sustainable transportation, building green cities, reducing traffic congestion, lowering smog emissions, sustainable development, curbing suburban sprawl, promoting mass transit, bicycle commuting, and green living.  Click here to download a PDF version of this bio. Click here to see Chris’s resume.http://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Well-Without-Owning/dp/1580087574/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-8563588-5099811?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191225910&sr=1-1http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25609661/Reels.htmlReels.htmlhttp://www.cwtv.com/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/hollywood-411/198563http://www.tvguide.com/Channel/http://dsc.discovery.com/http://planetgreen.discovery.com/Book%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20.htmlhttp://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Well-Without-Owning/dp/1580087574/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-8563588-5099811?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191225910&sr=1-1http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5649826Press%20%20%20Media%20.htmlPress%20%20%20Media%20.htmlResume%20%20Emmy%20Awards.htmlSpeaking.htmlHome_files/Chris%20Balish%20PDF%20Bio.pdfResume%20%20Emmy%20Awards.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_6shapeimage_3_link_7shapeimage_3_link_8shapeimage_3_link_9shapeimage_3_link_10shapeimage_3_link_11shapeimage_3_link_12shapeimage_3_link_13shapeimage_3_link_14shapeimage_3_link_15shapeimage_3_link_16shapeimage_3_link_17
 
Read about Chris in Newsweek Listen to Chris on NPR Morning Edition Sierra magazine names Chris a 2007 Trendsetter.
On location shooting an eco-travel show for Dish Network.
 
Read about Chris in Bottom Line Watch Chris live on MSNBC news.
On board the America’s Cup yacht “NZL 8” in the Sea of Cortez.
Read about Chris in the Cincinnati Enquirer Read about Chris in Variety.
Shooting on location in the Wasatch Mountain Range, Utah.  Elevation 11,000 feet.
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