Chris Opfer

Brooklyn, NY USA
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Professional Experience

Freelance journalist and writer with five years experience covering hard news, travel, sports, music and wine for publications including the New York Daily News, Popular Science, Sherman's Travel, MLB Insiders Club, Draft magazine and Spinner.com.

Expertise

Researcher
1 Year
Writer
5 Years
Reporter
5 Years

Specialty

Law
5 Years
Entertainment
5 Years
Government
2 Years

Industries


Newspaper - Local/Regional
2 Years
Marketing (firm) - Small to mid-sized corp. cl
1 Year

Total Media Industry Experience

5 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Sherman's Travel (3-5), Popular Science (1-2), Draft magazine (1-2), Gastronomica (1-2), MLB Insiders Club (1-2), AOL/Spinner.com (3-5), New York Daily News (3-5)

Unions

Freelancer's Union

Computer Skills

MS Office; InDesign

Equipment

Digital Camera

Showcase

General

Body of Evidence
(Popular Science 7/1/2010)
Story about corpse/skeletal identification software.
Of Convicts and Cowboys
(Draft magazine 7/1/2010)
Coverage of the Spring 2010 prison rodeo at Angola Penitentiary in Louisiana.
This Old Coffeehouse
(Sherman's Travel 1/1/2010)
Coverage of the $3.3 renovation of a centuries old coffeehouse at Colonial Williamsburg.
On the Road with John Butler
(Urbancode magazine 3/1/2006)
A Q & A interview with the Aussie folk guitar hero.
Goalies ensure scoreless outcome of Bard-LaGuardia matchup
(NY Daily News 10/9/2009)
High school sports coverage.
Everest Interview: SXSW 2010
(3/9/2009)
Interview with California alt-indie band as part of Spinner's South by Southwest coverage.
Tourism Group Blocks Bed Tax Diversion
(Barrier Islands Gazette 3/1/2009)
Local news coverage.
The (Unwritten) Rules of the Game
(8/1/2010)
A profile of baseball's "unwritten rules" based on interviews with players and coaches.