kris kosach

MTV - TRAVEL CHANNEL - MTV2 - TECHTV - ABC - CNN - KPNT - MTV2 - US News - Meta - HGTV - CBS - Hearst 

Host - Reporter - Music Director - Executive Producer - Podcaster - Segment Producer - Show Runner - VJ - DJ  

Journalist - Broadcaster - Producer - Digital Media Pioneer - Author - Speaker - Coach - Copywriter - Writer 

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Kris Kosach is an American television host, journalist, radio personality, producer, and writer, best known for being one of the original VJs who launched MTV2 (then called M2). At launch, she was one of only three VJs, alongside Matt Pinfield and Jancee Dunn. Her career is unusual because it sits at the intersection of music, television, technology, and the early Internet: MTV2/M2: Original VJ at the network's launch, hosting music-video programming and introducing emerging artists.  TechTV: Hosted AudioFile, a pioneering music-and-technology program covering artists, recording, digital music and the rapidly changing music business. She was later promoted into technology and entertainment reporting.  Emmy: She was an Emmy-nominated on-camera host for her TechTV work.  Early podcasting: Her AudioFile AirWav material was distributed as downloadable MP3 audio before iTunes and is now regarded as one of the early music podcasts.  ABC/CNN: She subsequently worked as a contributor and correspondent, covering technology, entertainment and music.  Travel Channel: Hosted Travel Gear, taking her into adventure/lifestyle television and around the world.  Writing: She has written for outlets including the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and has continued producing music and culture journalism.  Radio: She returned to radio and has worked as a music director/on-air host, including at Long Beach Public Radio.  Podcasting today: She created Text, Prose & RocknRoll, interviewing musicians and writers about their work.  Audio drama: She created Evermore Poe: The Turbulent Youth of Edgar Allan Poe, a serialized audio drama about Poe's formative years. The interesting thing about Kosach's career is that she was repeatedly working at the edge of the next medium before it became mainstream: MTV2's alternative music culture → music/technology television → downloadable audio → podcasting → digital journalism → social audio. Her professional profile currently describes her as a Creator, Host, Digital Pioneer and Writer. If you're asking because of your earlier question about TV hosts in roughly the same experience bracket as Kris Kosach, I can also break down exactly what makes her career tier distinctive and identify 30 genuinely comparable American hosts—not just famous people with vaguely similar résumés.