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| Born | September 2, 1950 Will County, Illinois, United States |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Long-form journalism, Biography |
Walt Harrington' (born September 2, 1950) is an American Journalist, author, and educator. Harrington is a former staff writer for the Washington Post Magazine,[1] where he wrote benchmark profiles for Jesse Jackson, Jerry Falwell, Bryan Stevenson, Rosa Parks and George H. W. Bush, as well as numerous in-depth stories on the lives of ordinary people. He graduated from Blackburn College with a B.A., and the University of Missouri with Masters degrees in Journalism and Sociology.[2] Harrington has been the author or editor of eleven books.[3] His book The Everlasting Stream: A True Story of Rabbits, Guns, Friendship, and Family[4] was adapted into an Emmy-winning PBS Documentary. In 2016 Harrington became a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois, where for 20 years he taught literary journalism and served as head of the Department of Journalism and as an associate chancellor.[5] He is the father of two and lives with his wife of many years Keran Elliott Harrington in Illinois.
