Arthur Chi'en is a two-time Emmy Award winning Reporter currently with WPIX-TV Ch 11 in New York. His General Assignment duties focus on the CW11 News at Ten. Since joining the station in 2005 Chi'en has reported on a wide range of national and local stories including the transit strike, the Cory Lidle plane crash and John Mark Karr's arrest.
Chi'en attended Columbia University and began his journalism career in 1993 at NBC News, working his way up as a Producer for NBC's Nightly News with Tom Brokaw and as a New York Bureau Producer for the Today Show. Also a member of the Specials Unit, he covered several high profile events from hurricanes to plane crashes to major trials including the crash of TWA flight #800 and the Megan Kanka murder trial. His other assignments there include the Oklahoma City Bombing, the arrest and subsequent trial of O.J. Simpson and election coverage for Decision '94, '96.
In 1998 Chi'en left the producing ranks to join New York 1 in New York as a Reporter. During his 4 years there he covered a variety of subjects, from hard news to features, to investigative work. While he found an expertise in transportation, the September 11th attacks and the clergy sex abuse scandal took over a bulk of his work in his later years there. In 2002 Chi'en moved to Boston as a General Assignment Reporter for WFXT Fox 25, eventually returning to New York for WCBS-TV as a General Assignment Correspondent. During his time there he covered national and international events such as Hurricane Frances and the devastating Tsunami in South East Asia.
