Christopher Wallenberg Email & Phone Number

New York, New York

• Arts and entertainment contributing writer to The Boston Globe, Playbill magazine, Playbill.com, and American Theatre magazine, specializing in film and theater reporting/writing.• Research, report and write preview stories, profiles, trend pieces, and essays on major new films, plays and musicals, including profiles of major actors, directors and writers.• Contribute regularly to Playbill.com’s Stage to Screens column. Have also written features for the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, the San Francisco Chronicle, and New York Press, as well as reviews for IN Magazine LA and the New York Blade. • Closely monitor the latest industry news on upcoming film and theater productions and the latest from the film festival scene. Follow trends and ideas in the worlds of film, theater, and television. Develop professional relationships with artists and industry newsmakers. Generate story ideas and pitch editors.• Awarded American Theatre magazine’s Affiliated Writers grant from the Jerome Foundation, geared towards professional arts writers and designed to stimulate high quality cultural reporting, feature writing and theater criticism. Wrote three major (3,000-word plus) articles for American Theatre during the program, including a high-profile feature analyzing the renaissance of the New Orleans theater scene post-Katrina. Traveled to the city to interview theater makers and major behind-the-scenes players. Now serve as regular contributor to the magazine.• Filled in as freelance Features Editor at BlackBook magazine (July/August 2010). Top and line edited all features, FOB, and departments, accounting for copy flow, readability, style, and voice. Collaborated with executive editor to rewrite several articles and columns. Write headlines, decks, and other display copy. Cut and streamlined copy to fit layout.

New York, New York

• Research and fact check cover stories, features, news, and departments for major national magazines. • Collaborate with section editors and copy department to ensure the accuracy of all factual details in articles. Conduct additional reporting when necessary.• TV Guide magazine (April 2010-present)• Vogue magazine (July 2007-March 2010)• Copy edit and research all articles at ON DIRECTV / ACCESS DIRECTV magazine (July 2005-April 2007)

Greater Boston Area

• Managed five-person editorial, production and art team for Playbill, the Boston edition of the Broadway theater guide (200,000 monthly circ.); Panorama: The Official Guide to Boston, a bi-weekly tourist guide to the city (80,000 monthly circ.); and the company's custom publishing unit.• Conceived and wrote at least one new feature per month for Playbill, including dozens of profiles of actors, directors and playwrights, and preview stories on upcoming theater productions. Wrote long- form features on Boston’s burgeoning local theatre scene, the restoration of the city’s long-dormant Opera House, and ef- forts to save another dormant downtown theater from destruction. • Generated story ideas and edited one to two features each month in Panorama in conjunction with the associate editor, as well as monthly columns and “Panorama’s Picks.” Service features included “15 Best Bets for Winter Fun,” “What’s Hot in Boston Dining—Right Now” and “17 Signs of Springtime in the Hub” and “Insiders’ Boston.” • Developed, reported and wrote new local theater news and notes col- umn, “Backstage,” and expand local theatre coverage in Playbill. Scooped the city’s dailies on several theater news stories. • Revamped the editorial focus of Panorama to create quicker-read features with more bite-sized, articles and expanded entry points in keeping with the magazine’s mission as a “put it in your pocket” guide. • Conceived and instituted new columns for Panorama, including “Boston Confidential” and “Proper Bostonians.” • Wrote or approved all cover lines, headlines, decks and captions. • Coordinated proofreading process and managed the closing of each issue. Set printing schedules, enforced deadlines and worked with the printer to ensure timely delivery of all magazines to theaters and hotels. • Planned magazine strategy with the Publisher and sales and marketing staffs. Worked with the Chairman and Publisher to negotiate better pricing with print vendors.