Christopher Scheer
Encyclopedia
Christopher Scheer is the co-author, with Robert Scheer
and Lakshmi Chaudhry, of The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq published in 2003 in the U.S., England and Australia. The book appeared on the Los Angeles Times
bestseller list and was a part of the national debate in 2004 about the then still popular Iraq War. In 2010, he received co-author credit on "The Great American Stickup," which also landed on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list.
Scheer was born in Berkeley, California
. His parents were Anne Butterfield Weills and journalist Robert Scheer
.
A graduate of Berkeley High School (1985) and UC Santa Barbara (1990), he co-founded and edited an English-language newspaper in Prague called Prognosis (1990–1994), which was featured in the L.A. Times, Details magazine and elsewhere. Later, he worked with Oliver Stone as a creative consultant on the Academy-award nominated script for "Nixon", as well as several unproduced scripts.
After working as an editor at the San Francisco Examiner for several years, as well as writing for The Nation, The Los Angeles Times and other publications, he launched the news/activism website workingforchange.com for Working Assets
, then moved on to become the managing editor of the alternative news site, Alternet
. Currently, he teaches debate
, mock trial, and Journalism
at Skyline High School
in Oakland, California
. He is the advisor for Skyline's national award winning student newspaper The Oracle.
Robert Scheer
Robert Scheer is an American journalist who writes a column for Truthdig which is nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate in publications such as The Huffington Post and The Nation...
and Lakshmi Chaudhry, of The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq published in 2003 in the U.S., England and Australia. The book appeared on the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
bestseller list and was a part of the national debate in 2004 about the then still popular Iraq War. In 2010, he received co-author credit on "The Great American Stickup," which also landed on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list.
Scheer was born in Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
. His parents were Anne Butterfield Weills and journalist Robert Scheer
Robert Scheer
Robert Scheer is an American journalist who writes a column for Truthdig which is nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate in publications such as The Huffington Post and The Nation...
.
A graduate of Berkeley High School (1985) and UC Santa Barbara (1990), he co-founded and edited an English-language newspaper in Prague called Prognosis (1990–1994), which was featured in the L.A. Times, Details magazine and elsewhere. Later, he worked with Oliver Stone as a creative consultant on the Academy-award nominated script for "Nixon", as well as several unproduced scripts.
After working as an editor at the San Francisco Examiner for several years, as well as writing for The Nation, The Los Angeles Times and other publications, he launched the news/activism website workingforchange.com for Working Assets
Working Assets
CREDO is an American for-profit company that offers mobile and long distance phone service. Based in San Francisco, California, Working Assets has raised over $65 million for nonprofit organizations such as GreenPeace, Planned Parenthood, Democracy Now etc.-History:Working Assets was founded in...
, then moved on to become the managing editor of the alternative news site, Alternet
AlterNet
AlterNet, a project of the non-profit Independent Media Institute, is a progressive/liberal activist news service. Launched in 1998, AlterNet now claims a readership of over 3 million visitors per month .AlterNet publishes original content as well as journalism from a wide variety of other sources...
. Currently, he teaches debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
, mock trial, and Journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
at Skyline High School
Skyline High School (Oakland, California)
Skyline High School is a public high school in Oakland, California. It is noted for its strong academics and athletic programs, and consistently ranks as the top performing school in the area in terms of standardized testing, SAT scores, college acceptance rates, and matriculation...
in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. He is the advisor for Skyline's national award winning student newspaper The Oracle.