Lindsay Czarniak started out as an intern for WUSA in Washington, D.C. while still a college student. Her broadcasting career began as a CNN production assistant. Her first on-air role as a news reporter occurred while working for WAWS in Jacksonville, Florida. She also worked for WTEV-TV (also in Jacksonville), WTVJ in Miami, Florida, and the Speed Channel.
In June 2005, Czarniak returned to the D.C. area and joined NBC4. She had received a phone call from George Michael to work as a sports anchor and reporter. She officially became the co-host of The George Michael Sports Machine in September 2006. In her first major assignment as a reporter, Czarniak traveled to Turin, Italy to relay coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics for NBC Sports. She has also served as a pit reporter in NASCAR Busch Series races at the Martinsville Speedway and at the IRP Busch race.
In March 2007, George Michael stepped down as NBC4's sports anchor. Czarniak and her colleague, Dan Hellie, then became the co-sports anchors. She was also tapped as a pit reporter for TNT's six-race Sprint Cup Series schedule from Pocono to Chicago. She remained with TNT for the same schedule in 2008.
Following the murder of free safety Sean Taylor in November 2007, Czarniak was the first sports reporter to interview team players of the Washington Redskins.
Czarniak made a guest appearance on the May 22, 2008 edition of The Tony Kornheiser Show, occupying the "chick chair." On that show, she told a humorous anecdote of being arrested for expired license plates by the DC Police on her way to a News 4 interview, which turned out to be an important public service warning for those who visit Washington, D.C.
On July 17, 2008, Czarniak was honored at the Reading Phillies @ Bowie Baysox doubleheader where she threw the first pitch. Czarniak also signed autographs during a meet and greet session throughout the games. Initially, Lindsay Czarniak Day was set to take place on July 21, but was changed due to a scheduling conflict. Fans at either the July 17 and the July 21 games received Lindsay Czarniak bobble heads.
On July 29, Czarniak posted one of several blogs just before leaving for her 2008 Summer Olympics duties in Beijing, China. She will be a sportsdesk reporter for NBC. She also will continue to send in blogs to WRC-TV's Olympic zone of the website. Another one of her duties is hosting a half-hour show on Oxygen called Gymnastics on Oxygen. It will largely be based around gymnastics and other Olympic competitions targeted toward women, and it is scheduled to take place weekdays at 7:30 pm ET starting August 11. She also mentions that she had grown her hair several inches at the request of Oxygen
Lindsay Czarniak's parents are Chet and Terri Czarniak. Chet has worked for the sports department at a Washington, D.C. based newspaper for 17 years before becoming the current managing editor of usatoday.com.[10] Terri is currently the principal at Rose Hill Elementary School, a Fairfax County public school, in Alexandria, Virginia.
Czarniak appeared in the 2000 independent action film Aquarius, in which she played a character named Mist.
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