Chris J. Vlasto (born October 27, 1966) is Senior Executive Producer of Investigations at ABC-TV News. He is also Co-host of "The Investigation" podcast. He was executive producer of Good Morning America. Prior to that, he was a senior producer at

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'' and senior producer of the Law and Justice unit. Before that he was a senior Broadcast Producer of Good Morning America where he won three Emmy Awards for ''Outstanding Morning Program''. He is the son of James Vlasto, former Press Secretary to the

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and his half brother, Josh Vlasto is currently the Deputy Communications Director to Governor

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Early life

Chris Vlasto was born in Manhattan, New York. He graduated from

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in 1984. He received his undergraduate degree from

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in 1988. He resides in Rye, New York with his wife, Deirdre Michalopoulos, and their two sons: Nicholas and Alexander. Vlasto is the grandson of the late Solon G. Vlasto, publisher of the ''Atlantis'', once the most successful Greek-language daily newspaper published in the United States. ''Atlantis'' was founded by Solon G. Vlasto's uncle, Solon J. Vlasto in 1894. Solon J. Vlasto was also the founder and president of the first

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, in New York City in 1892.

Career

On January 21, 1998, Vlasto produced the reports by correspondent Jackie Judd which first broadcast the allegations about President Clinton's association with former White House intern

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. Vlasto also produced the

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interview with

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and the

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interview with Monica Lewinsky which was one of the most watched news interviews in television history. Vlasto also covered the

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on the

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, the

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, the

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, and the OJ Simpson Trial.

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, the real estate speculator whose mismanagement of the Whitewater land deal with his partners

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and

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led to the

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of the 1990s, says of Vlasto in the book ''Arkansas Mischief'' by

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writer, Curtis Wilkie: :"Though Chris had the lean and hungry look of a young journalist, his manner was that of a scholar. I discovered that the man belonging to the gentle voice on the phone had the cunning of a con artist but the soul of a true friend" In 2002, ''Details Magazine'' named Vlasto one of the 50 most powerful people in the United States under 37. Diane Sawyer said, "He is of the tradition of journalists you don't see any more. He has got a craggy integrity." Recently, Vlasto produced the first interview with one of the women

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was sexting with, Meagan Broussard, together with

'' anchor

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Awards

Vlasto has won more than a dozen awards including the Edward R. Murrow Award and the Joan Barone Award for his coverage of President Clinton. He also won an Emmy Award and a

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for his coverage of the 9/11 terror attacks. He was a 2003

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winner for Television Short Form business journalism.

Good Morning America

Emmy Awards * Outstanding Morning Program, "Good Morning America," Executive Broadcast Producer, June 23, 2014. * Excellence in Morning Programming ''Good Morning America'', June 14, 2007. * Outstanding Morning Program ''Good Morning America'', Chris Vlasto, Senior Broadcast Producer, August 30, 2009. * Outstanding Morning Program ''Good Morning America'', Chris Vlasto, Senior Broadcast Producer, June 13, 2008.

References

External links

Profile of Chris Vlasto: UCLA Anderson School of Management
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