Christine Spolar

Christine joined our organization in January of this year to strengthen the development team, conduct outreach to major donors and lead special projects. Based in London, she also provides an international presence for ICN, with contacts in global media and business. She has had a long and distinguished career as a writer, editor and producer at leading major news outlets in the United States and the United Kingdom. She was global investigative editor for the Financial Times, executive editor at KFF Health News, international business editor at The New York Times and a producer at CBS’s 60 Minutes II. She was also a staff writer at The Washington Post for 14 years and headed up coverage for the Chicago Tribune in Baghdad, Rome, Jerusalem, Cairo and London. She has covered wars and investigations and managed projects that were honored by Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Emmys, SABEW and the British Press Awards. She was a Fulbright professor at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and has taught at American, Ohio State and Georgetown universities.