Moderating a panel on web privacy, at the National Constitution Center in January 2012, as broadcasted on CSPAN2, which isn

Christopher Wink is the co-founder of publishing strategy firm Technically Media Inc. and its technology news site Technically Philly. Though a resident of the Fishtown neighborhood, I once lived in Northeast Philadelphia and so began contributing and handling the website of NEast Philly, a hyperlocal news site for that part of the city. I am a co-organizer of Philly Tech Week and BarCamp NewsInnovation, among other events that bring smart people together.

I have led major journalism projects on the municipal open data movement and an indicted state senator. I also maintain a freelance writing and editing portfolio. On this professional site, I share clips and write about the future of news, social media and entrepreneurship. Contact me here. See archives here.

I am new and green and curious and learning. I develop my ideas here by sharing them and then seeking response. I welcome it. The ideas presented here are meant to be nothing more than that, the discoveries of a 20-something journalist and small-time Web entrepreneur. In no way should they reflect my employer or any of the other brands with which I associate.

I grew up in northwest New Jersey, a rural community quickly incorporating an intensifying suburban expansion, protected by a kind family of warmth and privilege. My studies at Temple University brought me to Philadelphia, a big urban city with a complex of defeatism and ten million other reasons for the young and curious to devote themselves to it. I have intense interest in government, urban politics, travel, and stories of community and humanity. In my youth, I studied in West Africa, lived in Japan, and traveled through Eastern China and Western Europe, all on my own, with pen in hand and eyes wide open. Read about other experiences here.

ChristopherWink.com launched on Dec. 3, 2007  to leave a footprint in what was the always expanding Internet community. During the first week of July 2009, I moved this site from WordPress.com to an independently-hosted version.

Taking a break from bicycling in Zurich, Switzerland in October 2008. Photo by Sean Blanda.

Waiting for an interview at South Philadelphia's B2 in April 2009. Photo by Philadelphia-based photojournalist Neal Santos. See more at NealSantos.com.