Chris Adams

About

Experience

• Director of State News at AARP Bulletin
  Nov 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

  Editor for state and local news for publication delivered to 23 million homes nationwide.

• Adjunct professor of journalism at American University
  Jan 2005 - Present · 21 yrs 7 mos

  Teach journalism to undergraduate students; have also taught classes for graduate students and in summer high school program.

• Director of Training and Content at The National Press Foundation
  Nov 2015 - Nov 2021 · 6 yrs 1 mo

  Run domestic and international fellowship programs aimed at journalists from Washington, the nation and the globe.

• Investigative reporter and editor at McClatchy Newspapers Washington Bureau
  Apr 2003 - Nov 2015 · 12 yrs 8 mos

  Knight Ridder Washington Bureau, 2003-2006, which was then acquired by McClatchy Newspapers.

• Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
  Dec 1996 - Apr 2003 · 6 yrs 5 mos

  Beat reporter in Pittsburgh covering health care and steel industries; beat reporter in Washington covering health care, FDA, immigration, politics and other beats.