Chris Hernandez


Chris Hernandez is an American former reporter for KSHB-TV in the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area.

Early life and education

Hernandez is a native of Shawnee, Kansas and received a degree in journalism from the University of Kansas.

Professional career

From 1992 until 1999, Hernandez was a reporter for WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to that, he had been a reporter for KFDA-TV in Amarillo, Texas.
From 1999 until 2001, Hernandez worked as a general assignment reporter for WEWS-TV in Cleveland. In 2002, Hernandez joined WBBM-TV in Chicago as a general assignment reporter. In April 2004, Hernandez left the station and spent four months backpacking through Mexico and Central America. Once he was done traveling, Hernandez in late 2004 joined KSHB-TV in the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area. In August 2012, Hernandez left KSHB to take a marketing position with the Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City.

Personal

Hernandez and his partner live in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri.