Email: Chris.McHugh (at) Patch.com

Phone:  (914) 721-0271

Hometown: Springfield, Illinois

Birthday: May

Bio: Christopher Michael McHugh is a New York website editor and television producer. McHugh tracks television-online media convergence developments. He is currently an editor for AOL-Huffington Post Media Group's Patch.com. Previously McHugh was part of the team that launched the Fox Business television network. He has been a communications director for a New York politician and a Fox News Channel producer. McHugh has also worked in regional/local television and the radio broadcasting industry.

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Religion: Catholic.

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