"If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing." - Benjamin Franklin
Ottawa-based Chris Mallinos has devoted his life to writing – to the telling of stories and the seeking of truth.
He is an award-winning journalist, columnist and editor with more than a decade of local, national and international experience. His work has appeared on six continents and in seven languages, in publications such as The Washington Post, The Toronto Star and The Independent of South Africa. It has also been featured by the CBC and the UN's World Food Program.
From fast-breaking international crises, federal budgets and local crime to world travel and even a Marilyn Monroe impersonator, Chris has covered a wide array of topics for various mediums.
He also specializes in copy editing, fact checking, in-depth research, photography and interviewing.
There is no interview subject Chris will not pursue. While in Kuwait investigating human trafficking, Chris strapped on a hidden camera and talked his way past a pair of burly security guards at the secluded office of a former Halliburton subsidiary to get the lowdown on illegal company hiring practices.
And on the first morning of a crippling province-wide civil servant strike in Newfoundland and Labrador, Chris managed to get a rather swamped Premier Danny Williams on the line with a single phone call.
In his spare time Chris enjoys reading anything by Nikos Kazantzakis, trying in vain to improve his tennis skills, piloting small aircraft and feeding his insatiable wanderlust. He’s also begun work on a documentary, as well as his first book project entitled From Shisha to Sukkot: A Westerner’s Journal of the True Middle East.