Chris Bury

Education

University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Career

He is best known for being a correspondent at American Broadcasting Company News Nightline, where he also served as substitute anchor. Bury was also a national correspondent based in Chicago for World News with Diane Sawyer and Good Morning America. Bury began his career in journalism in 1975 as a reporter for WCLX Radio in Louisiana Crosse, Wisconsin.

From 1979 to 1980, he served as an instructor at Marquette University"s College of Journalism.

He then moved on to Milwaukee station WTMJ-television, where he served as a political and investigative reporter. In January 1981, he served as co-host and reporter for "EXTRA," an award-winning television program at KTVI-television in Saint Louis.

From 1981 to 1982, Bury was a reporter with KPRC-television in Houston. In 1982, he joined American Broadcasting Company News as a general assignment reporter based in Chicago.

In 1992, Bury was assigned full-time coverage of Bill Clinton"s Presidential campaign for World News Tonight, and was relocated to Nightline in Washington, District of Columbia after the inauguration, where he served as a correspondent and anchor until 2007.

Bury received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a Master of Arts in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Achievements

• 6-time Emmy Award winner for his work on Nightline and World News Tonight. Contributor to Nightline broadcasts, which earned two Peabody Recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award from Radio-Television News Directors Association for continuing coverage of the Whitewater story Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Journalism School Award for Outstanding Television Reporting for a World News Tonight series on children in poverty 1998 Distinguished Service to Journalism award from the University of Wisconsin–Madison 2001 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Southern Illinois University.