About Christopher

Christopher D. Cook is an author and award-winning investigative journalist. His writing appears in Harper's, The Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, The Economist, The Nation, The Christian Science Monitor, and many other national publications. He is the author of the acclaimed book, Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis, available in paperback.

Christopher's articles have garnered national honors, including the Aronson Award, Project Censored Award, finalist for an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, and two-time finalist for a Livingston Award.

Christopher's first book, Diet for a Dead Planet, was widely acclaimed by both mainstream and alternative media. Jim Hightower calls the book "a powerful and provocative indictment of the food industry."  Best-selling author Frances Moore Lappé writes, "Armed with Cook's compelling exposé, we don't have to be victims. We can choose life."

Christopher is an award-winning journalist and author of the acclaimed book, Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis. His writing appears in The Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, Harper's, The Economist, The Guardian, Mother Jones, The Christian Science Monitor, The Nation, The American Prospect, Columbia Journalism Review and others. His work has been republished in numerous anthologies. He has worked as a reporter for The Oakland Tribune and United Press International and as city editor for The San Francisco Bay Guardian. He is a contributing writer for The Progressive.

Awards

(partial list)

2010 Explanatory Reporting Award, Society of Professional Journalists

2001 Project Censored Award (No. 2 of top 10 most censored stories)

2001 Finalist, Investigative Reporters and Editors Award

1999 Aronson Award

Two-time Finalist for the Livingston Award (1999, 2000)