Christopher A. Saunders

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Introduction Chris started his career in journalism as a freelance sports photographer 15 year ago. From there he visited several media houses in The Bahamas before landing at the national broadcaster as a sports anchor and producer. Along the way he picked up several awards for sports journalism and feature reporting. The 2007 Paul Quinn College graduate (BA Mass Comm.) interned at NBC-5 (DFW) and The Dallas Weekly and has covered everything from hurricanes to elections to outer space aliens—ask him about that one, its a great story! The 2002 CNN-International Fellow has also contributed to the CNN World Report, The Associated Press and BBC's World Service. In his spare time he's a basketball referee & swimming starter. The Bahamas native has traveled throughout the Caribbean & U.S. covering sports including: the '96 Atlanta Olympic Games, the 2004 Baltimore Ravens rookie camp, the 2006 FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Men, early rounds of the 2006 NCAA Men's National Championship, the 2002 FIBA Americas U17 Championship for Men, 11 regional swimming championships, regional track & field championships on the junior & senior level along with local high school athletic championships.