Christopher Wink
Journalist · Entrepreneur · Public Speaker
Christopher Wink is a journalist and entrepreneur who has spent nearly two decades reporting on technology, entrepreneurship and economic development across the United States.
His two longest-running professional obsessions: Journalists underestimate the power of entrepreneurship, and entrepreneur advocates underestimate the power of storytelling. His work is focused on changing both.
Wink is the cofounder, publisher and CEO of Technical.ly, the country's longest-running local newsroom focused on the local effects of entrepreneurship, technology and innovation, reaching 150,000 monthly readers and 50,000 newsletter subscribers. Subscribe to his weekly newsletter on national trends in state and local economic development trends at technical.ly/builders. Elsewhere, his journalism has appeared in Business Insider, Columbia Journalism Review and Men's Journal.
He founded Philly Tech Week and Baltimore Innovation Week, among other events that bring smart people together. Before becoming a journalist and entrepreneur, he worked as a carpenter's aide and plumber's apprentice. Folio magazine named him one of the 100 most innovative media leaders in the country. He speaks regularly at economic development, entrepreneurship and journalism events, including SXSW, IEDC and the Online News Association conference. He lives in Philadelphia, commutes by bicycle and drinks too much whiskey.
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Watch Chris's recent conference keynote answering "How tech and entrepreneurship helps economic mobility." To see his other speaking visit his blog here.
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About
Who is Christopher Wink?
Christopher Wink is an American journalist and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the news org Technical.ly. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he is cofounder, publisher and CEO of Technical.ly, a news organization focused on entrepreneurship and technology ecosystems at the state and regional level, and the local effects of technology. He has 20 years of experience reporting on entrepreneurship, startups, technology and place-based economic development.
What does Christopher Wink specialize in?
Christopher Wink specializes both in the development of sustainable local news, journalism and information models, and in the subject matter of entrepreneurship, emerging technology and science and in "ecosystem building," a phrase commonly used to describe innovation-led, place-based economic development. He lives in Philadelphia and has spent more than 10 years reporting in other nearby regions, notably Delaware, Baltimore and Maryland, Brooklyn in New York, Washington DC and Virginia, Pittsburgh and his native state of New Jersey, alongside reporting projects around the United States.
Is Christopher Wink available for speaking?
Yes. Christopher Wink is regularly hired as a keynote speaker, especially for events that want a data-backed and journalistic lens on entrepreneurship, technology and innovation, ecosystem building or local journalism and news and information gathering. He is typically known for on-the-ground reporting, and mixing wonky and academic interpretations via his journalism, and an approachable, informal style. Find examples of his speaking here.
How do I pitch Christopher Wink a story?
Christopher Wink is the founder and publisher of Technical.ly. He does write a weekly newsletter and column focused on national trends in entrepreneurship and tech-led economic development. He does take pitches via direct email at chris@technical.ly but commonly it is better to access the Technical.ly newsroom directly. Find a full staff list, including email addresses at technical.ly/about. If you do truly seek Christopher directly, email him or schedule using the tool linked below.