After graduating from Northwestern, Chalian joined
NY1, a 24-hour cable news television channel based in New York City, and having produced the nightly news program,
Inside City Hall. Chalian later apologized for his remarks, saying, "I am profoundly sorry for making an inappropriate and thoughtless joke. I was commenting on the challenge of staging a convention during a hurricane and about campaign optics. I have apologized to the Romney campaign, and I want to take this opportunity to publicly apologize to Gov. and Mrs. Romney." In this role, he has overseen the political coverage across all of CNN's platforms. He often appears on-air as a political analyst on
New Day and
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. ==Personal life==