Bio

Who I am:

Chris Amico, a professional journalist. I’m not so much concerned with the medium. I’m fascinated by the way things fit together and love a good story. My full resume is here.

What I do:

I report, write and edit. I get video, audio, still photos and produce multimedia. On a good day, I can converse in Chinese or Italian (English, too).

I have a talent for dissecting large organizations: Businesses. Non-profits. School districts. Bureaucracy. Anything with people and moving parts. I like to see how it works and explain it in a way that makes sense.

In 2007, I helped start DalianDalian.com, a local news and community site focusing on Dalian, China. I oversee content and development.

How I got here:

I stumbled into journalism midway through college and haven’t really wanted to do anything else since. Except travel. But if I can do both at the same, all the better.

I learned the basics at City on a Hill Press. For my first two years out of college, I worked at the Antelope Valley Press, in Palmdale, California, before moving across the Pacific. I’ve covered:

I moved back to California in February 2008. Since returning, I’ve freelanced for:

  • Bay Area News Group
  • Legal Newsline
  • East Bay Express
  • Institutional Real Estate

Finding me:

chriscamico [at] yahoo.com / eyeseast [at] gmail.com

I live in Santa Rosa, CA.