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KXAN<\/a> reporter Ryan Chandler<\/strong> is joining NBC News as a Texas-based correspondent.<\/p>\n Chandler is the Austin Texas Capitol Correspondent for the Austin, Texas Nexstar owned NBC affiliate.<\/p>\n \u201cFollow your dreams, kids: this week I am so grateful to join @nbcnews<\/a> as a correspondent \u2013 based in Texas and reporting nationwide @todayshow<\/a> @nbcnightlynews<\/a> @nbcnewsnow<\/a> @msnbc<\/a>,\u201d Chandler wrote on social media<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ll be gone for a bit training all around with new friends and mentors in Miami, NY, and LA, and then I\u2019m excited to get up to Dallas and onto wherever the world takes us. See y\u2019all soon!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI love the Texas Capitol community and I am not going anywhere,\u201d Chandler told mikemcguff.com<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cThe Texas story is a national story- economically, politically, culturally, demographically. Texas will lead and experience the political currents of this country more than most, and now my job is to tell that story for everyone. I\u2019ll be in Austin probably more than some of the lawmakers would like.\u201d<\/p>\n Chandler\u00a0joined KXAN in December 2022 after working at KAMC and KLBK in Lubbock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n