Chris Bentley Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Producer and host of Here & Now Anytime, the daily podcast from NPR and WBUR. The news you need to know today and the conversations that will stick with you tomorrow.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Producing NPR's national midday news magazine, a live, two-hour radio program that is broadcast nationwide on more than 500 NPR stations every weekday and is heard by more than 5 million listeners each week. Pitched and wrote daily news segments and features. Booked guests, cut tape and produced live broadcast segments. Reported on air from Illinois.

Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Washington, DC

My radio work has appeared on shows, stations and networks including NPR's Here & Now, PRI's The World, PRX, WGBH, WBUR, WBEZ, WNPR, RIPR, America Abroad, and The GroundTruth Project podcast. I've written for publications including The New York Times' Green blog, The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine, Crain's, CityLab, Architect, and BusinessInsider.

Greater Boston Area

I was awarded the 2017 Transatlantic Media Fellowship from Germany's Heinrich Böll Foundation, which funded a freelance reporting trip to the U.K. covering offshore wind energy. I blogged for the Foundation's website and produced reporting that was broadcast on WBUR and NPR's Here & Now.https://us.boell.org/person/chris-bentley

Greater Boston Area

Helped launch boston.crains.com, developed and wrote daily newsletter for local and regional business news.

Greater Boston Area

Climate fellow for international reporting project covering COP21 climate talks in Paris, and climate adaptation worldwide in 2016. Traveled to France, the Netherlands, Indonesia and Morocco to report on climate change for media outlets including PRI's The World, WGBH and The Huffington Post.Produced a budget, security plan, and other planning documents.

Chicago, IL

• Oversaw production of Midwest Edition for monthly newspaper covering architecture, development, interior design and urban infrastructure. Contributed news stories, features and reviews for print editions and website..
• Covered the Midwest for monthly newspaper with circulation of 50,000. Hired, edited freelancers.
• Wrote editorials, features, reviews and news stories about architecture, planning and design.
• Contributed to a 63 percent rise in the regional paper’s circulation revenue over two years.
• Moderated panels and conducted video interviews on design, sustainability and urbanism.

Greater Chicago Area

• Produced multimedia feature stories for award-winning Curious City series.
• Started environmental blog for National Public Radio member station WBEZ 91.5 FM.
• Broke news and investigated topics including building safety programs and freshwater pollution.
• Appeared on air for pre-recorded and live radio programming. Discussed news, the environment and architecture.

Chicago, IL

Contributed regularly, blogging about local news, arts and culture. Drove more than 25,000 monthly unique visitors to website. Covered politics, crime, energy, and other topics for news website.

Chicago, IL

Assisted with transcription, outreach and post-production for documentary films. Wrote press releases and stories for website; managed newsletter.

Chicago, IL

Working with Drupal-based content management system, compiled magazine and online content into interactive feature packages, contributed writing and photography to AudioFile blog.

Evanston, IL

Assisted journalist Josh Schonwald with HarperCollins book project about the future of food. Fact-checked, conducted interviews to gather and verify information.

Chicago, IL

• Helped develop communications strategy for emerging clean tech investment hub.
• Interviewed and profiled clean tech entrepreneurs for video series and blog.

Los Angeles, CA

Worked under Prof. Aradhna Tripati to study historical discrepancies in the isotopic fractionation of oxygen (the Dole effect) through fossils of benthic foraminifera. Designed experiment to test for methane emissions from respiration in plants.

Ithaca, NY

Contributed to a feasibility study for a proposed biodigester in Lewis county, NY. Collected samples of locally available biomass for methane production lab trials.Completed senior thesis developing framework to measure greenhouse gas emissions from anaerobic digesters with mixed organic wastes, graduating with distinction in research.

Ithaca, NY

-Wrote news and science stories for alumni publications and news website.-Developed story ideas for web and print stories, as well as promotional materials.-Photographed campus events and news.-Copy edited, fact-checked, and proofread stories for college publications.

Ithaca, NY

• Generated and assigned content for the paper’s Science section.
• Edited written and visual content for print and web.
• Oversaw science writer training process, doubled staff membership.
• Contributed writing, photography and page design for print edition and blogs.

Saratoga Springs, NY

-Monitored population and habitat of endangered species Lycaeides melissa samuelis (Karner Blue butterfly).-Conducted regular counts and site surveys within Saratoga West conservation area.-Collected wild plants for captive populations.-Provided formal report of field notes for conservation database.

M.S., Journalism

Activities and Societies: Initiative for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern (ISEN)Earned MS in Journalism studying basic methods of.

Bachelor'S Degree, Natural Resources

Activities and Societies: The Cornell Daily Sun, Delta Kappa EpsilonB.S. in Natural Resources. Distinction in Research for senior thesis.