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Christopher Booker

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Christopher Booker is an award-winning video and multimedia journalist and an assistant professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, teaching at the school's Illinois and Qatari campuses.

Outside the classroom, he is a freelance video and audio producer for Slate.com and NPRs Hearing Voices. He is also a member of The Compelling Image, an online school of photography and videography.

Prior to joining Northwestern, Booker worked as a video and multimedia journalist for the Chicago Tribune. In 2008, he was a Livingston Award Finalist, as well as a Reuters Fellow in Mumbai, India. Past recognition includes a Digital Edge Award, an Online Journalism Award and a Jones-Beck Award. His documentary "The C Number," was an official selection in the 2007 Chicago International Documentary Festival.