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= Chantee Lans = Chanteé Lans is an American journalist currently employed by CBS in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at KYW-TV. The reporter/anchor joined CBS Philadelphia from WBZ-TV, the CBS-owned sister station in Boston, Massachusetts.

Career
Chanteé has covered the Boston marathon bombings, arrest and murder trials of New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez, Philadelphia Eagles’ first super bowl win, the deadly Southwest Flight 1380 emergency landing, the imprisonment and release of Rapper Meek Mill, and the Blizzard of 2013.

She also reported at WPRI-TV/WNAC-TV, the CBS/FOX affiliates in Providence, Rhode Island and WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her first reporting job was at WAPT-TV, the abc affiliate in Jackson, Mississippi, where she was a general assignment reporter and weekend evening news producer.

In 2014, Chanteé won a regional Edward R. Murrow award for her reporting. She was nominated for three regional Emmy awards by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) in the categories of writing, general assignment reporting, and feature reporting.

She co-founded the Southern New England Association of Black Journalists, and served as its first president. The non-profit offers scholarships to students and training for media professionals in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. In 2014, the SNEABJ was recognized as an official chapter by the National Association of Black Journalists, and in 2015 it won the [https://www.nabj.org/? NABJ] professional chapter of the year award.

Early Life
Chanteé was born in Brooklyn, New York and later raised on Long Island. She started college at the age of 15 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her journalism career began in high school as an intern with Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. She later took a position behind the scenes at CBS News as a national desk assistant in New York City before transitioning on air. Chanteé earned her master’s degree from St. John’s University in global development and social justice. She obtained her bachelor of arts degree in broadcast journalism from Temple University.

The university honored Chanteé in 2016 by inducting her in the communications school’s hall of fame with the Lew Klein Alumni in the Media Rising Star award.