Russell Working

Russell Working is a staff writer for Ragan Communications. A former reporter for the
Chicago Tribune, he has also freelanced for the
New York Times,
The Atlantic Monthly,
Columbia Journalism Review, the
Boston Globe, the
Los Angeles Times, the
South China Morning Post, the
Japan Times, and many other publications worldwide. Before moving to the Chicago area in 2003, he was based in the Russian Far East and Cyprus for six years. He has reported from throughout the former Soviet Union, China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, the Philippines, Turkey, Greece, the Middle East, and aboard the USS
Theodore Roosevelt. He is a visiting faculty member at
Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in creative writing, and is the Pushcart Prize-winning author of two collections of short stories.
E-mail: russellw@ragan.com
Phone: 312.960.4414
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