Chris Geidner
Christopher Geidner is an American journalist and blogger. He is legal editor at the online news organization BuzzFeed.[1]
Background
Geidner's first job in journalism was as a copy editor and editorial writer at the Warren Tribune-Chronicle in Warren, Ohio.[citation needed] Later, he went to law school at the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Ohio State Law Journal.[2] After passing the bar in Ohio, Geidner practiced law at Porter, Wright, Morris and Arthur and worked as Ohio's principal assistant attorney general.[3]
In 2009, Geidner turned his focus to the blog Law Dork.[4] His writing launched him into a position at Metro Weekly, as a senior political writer.[5] While at MetroWeekly, he was awarded for his coverage of the repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” (National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Excellence in Writing Award 2011) and the history of the Defense of Marriage Act (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Outstanding Magazine award). In 2012, Geidner was also named the Sarah Pettit LGBT Journalist of the Year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. Geidner started covering national LGBT political and legal issues for BuzzFeed in 2012 as a senior political reporter.[6]
References
- ^ Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke (19 September 2013). Chris Geidner Is BuzzFeed’s New Legal Editor, The New York Observer
- ^ Spindelman, Marc (2004). "Forward" (PDF). Ohio State Law Journal. 65 (5): 1058.
- ^ "UPDATE 1-PWC reaches settlement with Ohio in AIG case". Reuters. October 3, 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ Rockwell, Page (April 12, 2005). "Ohio's deathbed filibuster". Salon. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ Rothstein, Betsy (February 25, 2011). "MetroWeekly White House Reporter Gets Wish". MediaBistro. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ Gouttebroze, Max (10 July 2012). NLGJA AWARDS RECOGNIZE STEVEN W. THRASHER, CHRIS GEIDNER, ANDERSON COOPER AND MORE, GLAAD