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Chris Halsne joined KIRO 7 Eyewitness News as Investigative Reporter in December 1999.

His award-winning work includes:

Exposing national security flaws at natural gas, shipping port, and border crossing locations.

Uncovering a government plan to hide deaths and serious injuries incurred by disabled cabulance van riders.

Revealing a connection between auto fatalities and the wide-spread practice of secretly selling used cars without airbags.

His honors, since arriving in Seattle, include the 2006 National Press Club Consumer Journalism Award, the 2005 National Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting, a National Genesis Award, and a three regional Emmy awards for investigative reporting. He has been a finalist for both the IRE and National Headliner awards.

Halsne is a graduate of the University of Kansas. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. His career in commercial television spans 18 years. Before joining KIRO 7 Eyewitness News, Halsne led investigative news units in Oklahoma City and Grand Rapids, MI.