Chris Jose, after five years with Atlanta’s Channel 2 Action News (WSB-TV), has landed a reporter job at the NBC affiliate in New York City WNBC-TV.
“It is a bittersweet goodbye,” Jose said on Twitter and other social media. “Atlanta has become my home, but to work in New York is my dream. It’s a dream I’ve chased through seven stations and five television stations.”
He will work at 30 Rockefeller Center, the same building that hosts “Saturday Night Live” and the “Today” show.
Prior to Atlanta, Jose, a Washington State University graduate, worked at stations in Cheyenne, Wyoming; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Denver and Dallas.
He recalled as a sophomore at Martin County High School in Stuart, Florida, attending a week-long journalism convention at Columbia University in New York. At age 14, he held a sign outside the “Today” show. “My heart is full as I prepare to make the jump to the Tri-state area,” he wrote.
At WSB-TV, he was the Cobb County bureau chief. “A Braves World Series and a Georgia National Championship,” he noted. “A sweet ride it was during the final stretch of my time here.”
He said he will be with WSB through the end of March. “If you trust the process, put in the work and bet on yourself, anything is possible!” he wrote. He starts at WNBC as a general assignment reporter April 11.
Amy Morris, WNBC’s Vice President of News said that “Chris’ work on the Cobb County beat saw him covering everything from breaking news to politics. He also led coverage of the spa shootings last year and earned his wild-weather credentials covering numerous hurricanes and tornado outbreaks. We look forward to welcoming him to 30 Rock next month.”
