•  researching and writing reports, white papers, and other documents
•  copywriting for web and print: press releases, brochures, newsletters, and  other promotional materials
•  editing book manuscripts, articles, reports, and other materials 
•  grantwriting: written successful grants for hundreds of thousands of dollars from federal and local agencies
•  writing coach/tutor: coaching beginning and intermediate writers in journalism, manuscript development, and writing 

Clients (partial list): The Marin Institute, Service Employees International Union, the Center for Investigative Reporting, Food First, San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners, Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services, the Center for Food Safety, and other institutions and individual clients. Contact him for work samples and rates.


Teaching

Christopher teaches journalism and writing at San Francisco State University and in workshops at the San Francisco Writers' Grotto. Most recently he has taught Magazine Writing at SF State, and Op-Ed Writing and Investigative Reporting workshops at the Grotto. He is also available for individual workshops and tutoring.
 

Public Speaking/Media Appearances
 
Christopher speaks regularly at conferences and on college campuses, and has been interviewed on national, regional, and local radio and television shows across the country.  Below is a selective listing of talks and interviews.

Recent speeches (partial list):

• Plenary Speaker, Sierra Club annual conference, 2008
• Plenary Speaker, EarthSave annual conference, 2006
• Panelist, Sierra Club annual conference, 2006, and at numerous other conferences and events.
• Two Midwest speaking tours (1998, 1999): speeches about welfare reform, immigrant labor, and the farm crisis to civic, labor, welfare, community and farming groups.  
• Guest speaker at numerous colleges: Brown University, UC Berkeley,  Oberlin College, Santa Clara University, Bastyr University and others.
• Commonwealth Club, panel participant, December 2006