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Chris is a New York City–based producer for NBC News NOW, where he covers a broad range of stories with a particular focus on film, television, and theatre. He is especially proud of the weekly “Can’t Miss List,” which highlights the films, television, and live performances worth seeing each week and “Flipping the Script,” a series that explores the work of people pursuing non-traditional roles and challenging conventional expectations in their fields.

Chris began his broadcast career in 1995 as a part-time production assistant at WJCT in Jacksonville, Florida. During his time there, he gained hands-on experience across virtually every aspect of television production, from operating studio cameras and punching live telecasts to shooting field remotes. He went on to join Jacksonville’s NBC affiliate, WTLV, as a tape editor and photographer.

In 1999, Chris moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where he worked as a photographer and assignment editor at WLTX-TV before becoming Assignment Manager at ABC affiliate WOLO-TV. During his time in South Carolina, he covered several major stories, including the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State House and the recovery of the H.L. Hunley, the Confederate submarine raised from the waters off Charleston. He also developed and produced enterprise series, including “Midlands Cops,” which followed local police officers as they worked their beats. Alongside his television career, Chris spent considerable time behind the microphone as an announcer at several Columbia-area radio stations.

In 2001, Chris joined Pittsburgh’s NBC affiliate, WPXI, as Assignment Manager. He soon shifted his focus from the assignment desk to field producing, covering major national stories including the September 11 attacks in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Quecreek Mine Rescue. He also continued his work in radio, serving as a weekend morning anchor for WBUT-AM and WLER-FM.

In 2005, Chris joined NBC’s affiliate feed service as a National Producer. In that role, he wrote, edited, and voiced stories distributed to NBC and affiliate stations around the world. He also field produced coverage of major national and international events, including Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to New York City and the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh.

Chris’s career in journalism is complemented by an academic background in visual anthropology and documentary filmmaking. He graduated cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology and earned an MPhil in Ethnographic Documentary from the University of Manchester’s Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology.

He has frequently served as an adjunct professor while he pursues a PhD in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Florida, with an interdisciplinary focus on mass communications. As part of his doctoral research, he is producing a documentary examining the social and political dimensions of the changing role of coffeehouses as social spaces in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

As a doctoral student Chris organized the University of Florida Coffee Research Symposium, a three-day international event that brought together coffee researchers and professionals from five countries to examine coffee through disciplines including economics, chemistry, anthropology, and history.

Chris is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and serves as a judge for the National News and Documentary Emmy Awards. He also regularly serves as a judge and discussant for film festivals around the world. His professional and academic affiliations include the National Press Photographers Association, the Pop Culture Association, the American Anthropological Association, Alpha Lambda Anthropology Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Theta Kappa.

He can be reached at christopherleclere@gmail.com