Chris Balish has earned more than 30 awards for excellence in television broadcasting, writing, producing, reporting, and hosting
Chris has fifteen years’ experience creating and producing innovative original content for broadcast, cable, digital, and social
15-Year Career Working for World-Class News and Global Media Companies
Chris has worked for The Walt Disney Company, ABC News, CNN, Time Warner, Discovery Networks, AMC Networks, Gannett Company, TV Guide, Warner Bros. Television, TelePictures Productions, The CW Network. NBC’s Today Show, MSNBC, and local television stations in Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Los Angeles.
15 Years in Television
- 750+ episodes of a daily talk show
- 100+ episodes of red carpet news
- 27 episodes of a travel show
- 15 live primetime specials
- 10,000+ television interviews
- 4,000+ LIVE television interviews
- 2,000+ celebrity interviews
15 Years in Live Broadcasting
- 500 LIVE cooking segments
- 30 LIVE television fashion shows
- Three LIVE primtime weddings
- 100+ LIVE webcasts
- 10+ years using teleprompter
- 10+ years LIVE news anchoring
- 10+ years LIVE TV hosting
Chris has helped launch television shows for ABC/Disney, The CW Network, Discovery Networks, AMC Networks, DISH Network, TV Guide, & Gannett Co.
Primetime Network Host
On the set at The CW Network
With “Avatar” & “Titanic” Director James Cameron
Bi-lingual News Anchor (English/Spanish)
Animation Co-Host
On the set of ABC’s “Wipeout”
Calibrating Colors
Red Carpet Pro
Oscars Afterparty with Wolfgang Puck
Hyper-local News Startup
MULTIMEDIA PRO: Words + Images + Video + Graphics
JOURNOPRENEUR
Chris won a contract to produce and launch a hyper-local weekly digital newscast for the City of Santa Monica.
EMMY-WINNING FILMMAKER
Chris has produced dozens of documentary shorts, scripted webisodes, videos, and short films
PROFESSIONAL WRITER
Blog posts, news articles, ad copy, web content, video scripts, speeches, infographics, interviews, Q&As
DIGITAL MEDIA GURU
SEO, CMS, WordPress, data analytics, growth hacks, social media, Final Cut Pro X, Keynote, MS Office 365, CRM
LOG LINE: A docuseries about Millennial performers who work for the largest costumed character company in Los Angeles. We partnered with production company GRB Entertainment to pitch and produce this series. GRBTV.com
LOG LINE: Docuseries about a company that transports live sharks all over the world. We partnered with production company Collins Avenue Entertainment to pitch and produce this series. CollinsAve.com
LOG LINE: Teams of talented wildlife artists transform homes into majestic, one of a kind, indoor wilderness scenes. We partnered with Arthur Smith and Company to develop and pitch this reality docuseries. Asmithco.com
News Anchor Television Host
2,500 live TV newscasts. 100 episodes of entertainment news. 30 primetime television episodes.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS JOURNALISM
ON THE SET OF “PRETTY LITTLE LIARS”
FOX’S “SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE”
COMMUNITY NEWS ON LOCATION
ON THE SET OF ABC’S “CASTLE”
LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS ANCHOR
MTV’S “AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW”
BILINGUAL NEWS ANCHOR (ENGLISH/SPANISH)
HYPER-LOCAL NEWSCAST ANCHOR/PRODUCER
VICTORIA’S SECRET MODEL ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO
EXPERIENCED TALK SHOW HOST
CONCERT AND MUSIC NEWS
“SHOW ME ST. LOUIS” LIVE, KSDK-TV
LIVE LOCAL NEWS ANCHOR, 10 YEARS
ARTS AND CULTURE REPORTER
THANK GOODNESS FOR APPLE BOXES
Chris Balish Media
In 2010, Chris founded a digital video and production company to create and develop online video
projects, television news and documentary programming, live webcasts, and other new media ventures.
FIELD PRODUCTION
1,000+ field production shoot days
LIVE TELEVISION
2,500+ live broadcasts and live webcasts
IMMERSIVE JOURNALISM
Action, adventure, & extreme sports host
On-camera Talent: Host
Reporter: Children/Youth/Teen*
Writer: News
Reporter: Features*
Program Feature: Cultural/Historical
Spot News Coverage
News Host*
Reporter: News
Reporter: Religious
Writer: News
Reporter: Human Interest / Features
Reporter: News
Writer: Program Feature
Reporter: Religious*
Program Feature: Public Affairs
On-Air TV Host, Moderator, Narrator*
Feature News Story
Sports Segment
Writer: News*
Program: Performing Arts
Program Feature: Cultural
Reporter: Features*
On-air TV Host, Moderator, Narrator
Entertainment Feature
Chris is a newsroom leader who built an entire digital news operation from the ground up.
Book Author & Ghost Writer
Chris has written ten books, including a Wall Street Journal bestseller about social media
Expert-Level Interviewing Skills
Chris has conducted 10,000+ interviews with newsmakers, politicians, thought leaders, and celebrities
Digital Media Entrepreneur
Key member of the launch team on four digital news, online video, and new media startups
Keynote Speaker and Emcee
Chris is a veteran keynote speaker, conference panelist, and live event emcee. He has been a featured speaker at Realscreen, the Reality Rocks Expo, the Directors Guild of America, the Paley Center for Media, American Trails National Symposium, APA, APTA, ATAS, Warner Bros. Studios, Sony Pictures Studios, Blue Cross Blue Shield, University of Southern California, California State University, Ozark Greenways, Los Angeles Film Festival, and cities and counties across the U.S. Chris emceed Realscreen’s Factual Entertainment Awards. He has given more than 100 paid keynote addresses at film festivals, conventions, and trade shows.
“Chris is a fun, funny, high-energy speaker who truly inspired our employees to park their cars and find another way to work.”
“Chris's presentation was beyond great! He provided insightful and inspiring messages, and one of the best PowerPoints I have ever seen!"
”Chris was the keynote speaker and emcee of our annual Sony Rideshare Luncheon, and he got rave reviews. Highly recommend!”
Contact Chris
Cell: 310-880-3181 | Email: ChrisBalish@mac.com |Twitter: @ChrisBalish
Skype: chrisbalish | Instagram: @ChrisBalish | LinkedIn.com/in/chrisbalish