Christopher Moraff Email & Phone Number

Christopher Moraff is a nationally recognized journalist who writes on the intersection of policing, criminal justice, drug policy and civil liberties. He has reported extensively on the history of the community policing movement prior to, and after, the establishment of the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). He is a contributing writer to The Crime Report, The Daily Beast and NextCity.org, and was previously a columnist for Al Jazeera America. His byline has appeared in a number of publications, including the Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The American Prospect. From 2004 until 2013 he served as a writer-at-large for The Philadelphia Tribune —producing feature-length stories on the issues of criminal and prisoner justice. He is an expert on opiates, and addiction practice and policy. His NextCity.org feature story on how mass incarceration and urban violence claimed an entire generation of men from one black family in North Philadelphia was the subject of an hour-long discussion in January on the public radio program Radio Times. In 2014, Moraff was recognized for his work with a H.F. Guggenheim Reporting Fellowship at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He has degrees in sociology and journalism from Temple University in Philadelphia, where he currently lives.

Listed skills include Social Media, Editing, Journalism, Blogging, and 4 others.

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  Reporter

  The Daily Beast

  Jan 2013 - Present

  Guerrilla Journalist for Hire - co-host @narcocast - curator http://StashHouse.org - Embedded: Front Lines of #DrugWar. Unfiltered.