Jeremy Chen has been a reporter at NBC Connecticut since September 2022 and can be seen weeknights on NBC Connecticut News at 11 p.m.He comes to Connecticut after working three years at KTNV-TV in Las Vegas as a multimedia journalist/reporter and fill-in anchor covering issues such as education in Clark County and the AAPI community when he wasn't exploring Vegas buffets.
Prior to being in Sin City, Jeremy worked at KESQ-TV in Palm Springs, California for three years as a morning reporter and fill-in anchor, where he covered various national stories including the Turpin's Torture case, the Pinyon Pines Triple Murder Trial and the Palm Springs mayor corruption scandal.
Before going to the desert, Jeremy worked for over a year as a multimedia journalist and fill-in anchor for KAEF-TV, the ABC affiliate in Eureka, CA. While in the North Coast of California, he had the opportunity to report on a variety of stories ranging from medical cannabis to economic development to homelessness.
Jeremy graduated cum laude from the Annenberg School for Journalism at the University of Southern California with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Chinese.
There, he spent more than four years working at USC's student-run news station, Annenberg TV News. He has been an assignment editor, a video journalist, and a reporter/anchor for the station.
When Jeremy isn't out reporting, he can be found hiking or trying out whatever seafood Connecticut has to offer. If he's indoors, he prefers either experimenting with new recipes, watching USC football during the fall, or coming up with new beats on drums. Don't be afraid to say hi.
Fun fact: Jeremy was a 5-year member of the USC Trojan Marching Band where he played cymbals and snare drum. He had an opportunity to perform and appear on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Voice, as well as the Playboy Jazz Festival. He won't hesitate to play Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" when the situation warrants.
He is a Southern California native and a passionate USC football, Lakers, and Dodgers fan.
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Bear break-ins on the rise in Connecticut as residents raise concerns
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Conn. man recovering after shark attack during Bahamas snorkeling excursion
A Niantic man is recovering after surviving a shark attack while snorkeling in the Bahamas during a trip celebrating his 40th wedding anniversary. John Schweizer was snorkeling with Caribbean reef sharks in the western Bahamas with his family last Friday when he was bitten shortly after entering the water. “It was so fast, so immediate that you knew it happened....
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Meriden, Conn. police shoot suspect in fatal baseball bat attack
Meriden police say an investigation is ongoing after a shooting occurred at a home on Sagamore Road Sunday morning. At around 10 a.m. on Sunday, police say they received reports of an active domestic violence situation involving some type of weapon. Upon arrival to the scene, officers observed a male violently striking a victim to the head with a baseball...
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Memorial grows for Bridgeport, Conn. officer after fatal crash
Bridgeport police officers and community members are remembering Officer Cooper Whiteside after he was killed in an off-duty motorcycle crash in Danbury. Whiteside died Monday when his motorcycle collided with another vehicle. A mother of three who was riding with him also died. Outside Bridgeport Police Department headquarters, Whiteside’s police cruiser has been turned into a memorial, surrounded by balloons...
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15-year-old paddleboarder dies following apparent medical emergency in Eastford
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Family of Conn. woman hit by police cruiser renews call for accountability
The family of Katherine Colon marked what would have been her 43rd birthday by honoring her legacy and renewing calls for accountability nearly three years after she was struck and killed by a New Britain police cruiser. Colon died after being struck by a New Britain police cruiser in September 2023. Her family continues to demand justice while celebrating the...
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Water safety expert warns of fast-changing tides as Conn. police search for missing fisherman
Fairfield police have shifted their search for a missing fisherman into a recovery effort after he disappeared off the coast over the weekend when rising tides stranded two men on a reef near Penfield Beach. Police identified the missing man as 34-year-old Kwahiwi Edwards of Queens, New York. Investigators said two fishermen were on a reef off Penfield Beach on...
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Suspect's brother notified Conn. police after White House Correspondents' Dinner gunfire
New London Police say they were contacted by an individual who expressed concern about the incident that occurred at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Saturday evening. That person was the brother of the suspect, Cole Allen, a senior administration official told NBC News. He told police he wanted to share information he believed was pertinent to the incident. New...
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Conn. dad hailed as hero after dying while saving son from rip current at Florida beach
A father from Windsor Locks is being remembered as a loving father and a hero. Jason “Jay” DeGray, 42, drowned rescuing his son from a rip current at a Florida beach last week, and now his coworkers and friends back in Connecticut are paying tribute to him. “He was the model of the American dad. He wanted to make sure...
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One person unaccounted for after Bloomfield, Conn. house fire and explosion
A man is unaccounted for after a home fire and explosion in Bloomfield Monday evening. Officials say they had initially received a report around 6:10 p.m. that there was an explosion at a home on Banbury Lane, the fire marshal later stating that an explosion did in fact occur on the property. Firefighters encountered a residence engulfed in flames and...
