Diversity reboot

SPEAKER
Chris Witherspoon (He/Him)
Chris Witherspoon (He/Him)
Summit Speaker

Founder & CEO, Pop Viewers

Chris Witherspoon is an entertainment journalist, producer, and entrepreneur with a signature, accessible approach to media and culture.

He is currently the Founder & CEO of PopViewers, the platform that helps you find what to watch next, invites you to react to the TV and movies you’ve watched, and encourages you to share the experience with fellow content-lovers. It’s Witherspoon’s love letter to media correspondence. Chris served as an entertainment correspondent for Fandango and CNN, and was the Entertainment Editor for NBC’s theGrio.com. He still regularly appears on MSNBC,TODAY, The Wendy Williams Show, and NBC’s Nightly News; and has interviewed the likes of Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman, Denzel Washington, Harrison Ford and Kerry Washington.

Witherspoon got his first taste of media as an intern with ABC’s Good Morning America, and has never looked back. He is an alumni of the prestigious NBC Page Program and of Ohio University.