Chris Stanford is a reporter and anchor for WCCO-TV in the Minneapolis/St. Paul television market. Chris primarily covers stories relating to consumer products, but he also covers the latest current news going on in the community.
How and why did Chris get interested in working in the news business? Any interesting stories that stand out to him in his career? When he’s not working, what kinds of things does Chris enjoy doing? If he wasn’t cover the news or consumer products, what would he be doing? Get to know Chris from this 3-part interview with him.
In Part 1 of his interview, he shares what he first wanted to be when he grew up, how he got interested in journalism and reporting the news. Learn also where he got started in the news business.
In Part 2 of Chris Stanford’s interview, he talks about his start as a journalist in Wisconsin. He then talks about coming to WCCO and discusses the kinds of story ideas he’s sent from businesses and PR firms to cover. He shares one company’s interesting subject line in an email that was for a new kind of bathroom product.
In the Part 3 of the Chris Stanford interview, he talks about his favorite sport, favorite thing to do when he has free-time, his perfect meal and what goal he has for himself.