Areas of Expertise
Art direction
Design
Editorial judgement
Obscure baseball trivia
I’m a senior designer on the news design team at the Washington Post. Before that, I was the Opinions department’s first art director and, then, design director. In that role, I built and led an ace team of visual journalists across disciplines — art direction, photo editing, graphics reporting and interactive development — that was at the center of the department’s most ambitious work. The team’s work was consistently recognized, winning nearly 50 awards — including several medals and staff portfolios — over the past three years at the Society for News Design competition. The team also received honors from the Online News Association, American Illustration, the Society of Illustrators and Pictures of the Year International.
Illustration by Steve Brodner.
Email
chrisrukan@icloud.com
Phone
(202) 681-7853