Chris Welsch
1153 Churchill St.
St. Paul, MN 55103
612-673-7113
cwelsch@startribune.com
www.startribune.com/welsch

EDUCATION
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bachelor of Science; double majors; Journalism and English; Sigma Delta Chi outstanding journalism graduate, 1986

University of Missouri
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund editor training, 1985

PROFESSIONAL CAREER
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE — Senior reporter and photographer, 2004 to present. Travel editor, 2001-2004. Assistant Travel editor, 1993-2001. From 1993 to present, traveled to more than 40 countries on six continents reporting and shooting for feature and news sections.

BRATISLAVA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY — Instructor, English language in Department of Architecture, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1991-92.

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE — Copy and news desk editor, 1987-91.

RALEIGH NEWS AND OBSERVER — Copy editor, 1986-87.

PACIFIC STARS AND STRIPES — Editing and reporting intern, U.S. Defense Department daily newspaper, Tokyo, Japan, 1984

DAILY NEBRASKAN — Editor-in-chief, University of Nebraska-Lincoln student newspaper, 1984-85. Reporter, columnist, photographer and copy editor, 1982-86.

AWARDS
Nominations for Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, 2000 and beat coverage, 2005.

First place, best weekly feature section in nation, Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, 2004 (when editor of Star Tribune Travel)

Gold Medal, 2007 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, My story about pilgrims in Jerusalem won this best foreign newspaper article

Six gold medals, Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards: (Land travel, 1995; Photo illustration, 1996; Marine Travel, 1997; International Travel, 1999; Consumer coverage, 2000; Self-illustrated article, 2003.)

Silver Medal, Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year, 2002.

Award of Excellence in Photography, Society for News Design, 2004.

Finalist, Livingston Award for Young Journalists, 1995.

Fourth place, Hearst Journalism Awards National Championship, 1986.

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Scholarship, 1985.