Christopher Herlinger

Background

About Christopher Herlinger

Freelance journalist in New York since 1993, after graduating from Union Theological Seminary in 1993, with particularly strong ties to The Huffington Post, Catholic News Service, The Christian Century, Ecumenical News International, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, National Catholic Reporter and Religion News Service. Reporting for RNS has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. Writer with humanitarian agency Church World Service since 1997; senior writer since 2013. Has covered international and domestic emergencies and development issues for a relief and development agency. Among locales of coverage: Haiti, Darfur, Pakistan/Afghanistan, Indonesia, Liberia, Kosovo. Past: Initial journalism career was spent from 1982-1991 at two daily newspapers in Minnesota, the Fergus Falls Daily Journal (1982-1986) and Rochester Post-Bulletin (1986-1991). Worked for United Press International as a vacation-relief staffer in 1982. Awards: Reporting recognized by Associated Church Press; Catholic Relief Services (Egan Award, two-time winner); Catholic Press Association (for international reporting); and Religion Communicators Council (DeRose-Hinkhouse Award). In earlier part of career, awarded Frank Premack Memorial Award (Minnesota Journalism Center); also received awards from the Minnesota Associated Press Association and the Minnesota Newspaper Association. Books:+ Beginning work on third book for Seabury, focusing on global hunger. To be published in 2015.+ Rubble Nation: Haiti's Pain, Haiti's Promise (Seabury, 2011).+ With Courage, In Hope (ACT International, 2009).+ Where Mercy Fails: Darfur's Struggle to Survive (Seabury, 2009).