Chris Geidner


Christopher Geidner is an American journalist and blogger. He is the former legal editor at the online news organization BuzzFeed News and, as of April 2019, is the Senior Advisor for Law & Policy at The Justice Collaborative.

Background

Geidner's first job in journalism was as a copy editor and editorial writer at the Tribune-Chronicle in Warren, Ohio. Later, he went to law school at the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Ohio State Law Journal. After passing the bar in Ohio, Geidner practiced law at Porter, Wright, Morris and Arthur and worked as Ohio's principal assistant attorney general.
In 2009, Geidner turned his focus to the blog Law Dork. His writing launched him into a position at Metro Weekly, as a senior political writer. While at Metro Weekly, he was awarded for his coverage of the repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” and the history of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Geidner started covering national LGBT political and legal issues for BuzzFeed in 2012 as a senior political reporter. He was named the Sarah Pettit LGBT Journalist of the Year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association in 2012 and the Journalist of the Year in 2014.
In 2019, Geidner left BuzzFeed News and announced he would be joining The Justice Collaborative to work on criminal justice issues.