Christopher Robert Bury (born December 10, 1953) is an American journalist best known for being a correspondent at

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'' Nightline'', where he also served as substitute

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. Bury was also a national correspondent based in Chicago for ''World News with Diane Sawyer'' and ''Good Morning America''. He is now Senior Journalist in Residence at DePaul University in Chicago. Bury's recent work includes contributions to PBS NewsHour and Al Jazeera America. Bury began his career in journalism in 1975 as a reporter for WCLX Radio in La Crosse, Wisconsin. From 1979 to 1980, he served as an instructor at

Marquette University Marquette University () is a private Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Martin Henni, the first Bishop of the diocese of M ...

's College of Journalism. He then moved on to

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station WTMJ-TV, 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-TV in

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. From 1981 to 1982, Bury was a reporter with KPRC-TV in

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. In 1982, he joined

as a general assignment reporter based in

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. In 1992, Bury was assigned full-time coverage of

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for ''World News Tonight'', and was relocated to '' Nightline'' in

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after the inauguration, where he served as a correspondent and anchor until 2007. Bury received a

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degree in

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from

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and a

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in political science from the

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. He is married to radio news journalist Catherine Catalane; they have two sons, Jack and Charlie.

Awards

* National Headliner Award for consumer reporting. * 6-time Emmy Award winner for his work on ''Nightline'' and ''World News Tonight''. * Contributor to ''Nightline'' broadcasts, which earned two Peabody Awards * Recipient of the

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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

* 2001 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Southern Illinois University

References

External links

Chris Bury - ABC News
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bury, Chris Living people American television reporters and correspondents Emmy Award winners Marquette University faculty People from Chicago People from La Crosse, Wisconsin 1953 births Southern Illinois University alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni ABC News personalities Al Jazeera people