Christopher Null is an award-winning journalist, editor, and novelist. He is best known as the founding editor of Filmcritic.com, which was launched in 1995 and acquired by American Movie Classics in 2009, and the founder and editor of Drinkhacker, which launched in 2007. He was also the founding editor of Mobile PC magazine in 2003, the first ever periodical focused exclusively on mobile technology, before spending 4 1/2 years writing about tech daily for Yahoo! Tech as “The Working Guy.” He was the tech columnist for Executive Travel magazine (published by American Express) from 2008 to 2014.
Today Null runs a media company, Null Media, which provides editorial consulting, strategic direction, and writing services to media and non-media companies alike. He continues to contribute regularly for Wired, PC World, and other outfits online and off. His 2015 Wired article about his unique last name went viral and became the subject of an episode of Radiolab, and featured in segments on Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me! and the British quiz show QI. He still regularly answers reporter queries about the “Null” phenomenon.
Null's long-form work includes two novels and two-non-fiction books. His first novel, Half Mast, arrived in bookstores in 2002 and was heralded as “the best of contemporary American fiction” by the New York Resident. His second novel, The Cul-de-sac, arrives in February 2025. Null's 2005 book, Five Stars!, a how-to guide for aspiring film critics, is often used as a textbook for film criticism curriculum at a number of colleges and universities. A second edition was released in 2013.
Chris has been featured in dozens of publications and programs, including Wired magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, ESPN, Folio, and National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. He received a BBA and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin in 1993 and 1996, respectively.
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