Walt Harrington
Born	(1950-09-02) September 2, 1950 (age 74) Will County, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Journalist author educator
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.

• American Profiles: Somebodies and Nobodies Who Matter, (Missouri: University of Missouri, 1992, ISBN 978-0-8262083-9-2)
• Crossings: A White Man's Journey into Black America, (New York: HarperCollins, 1993, ISBN 978-0-0601655-8-1)
• Intimate Journalism: The Art and Craft of Reporting Everyday Life, (New York: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1994, ISBN 978-0-7619058-7-5)
• At the Heart of It: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives, (Missouri: University of Missouri, 1996, ISBN 978-0-8262107-8-4)
• The Everlasting Stream: A True Story of Rabbits, Guns, Friendship, and Family, (New York: Grove Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8021405-0-0)
• The Beholder's Eye: A Collection of America's Finest Personal Journalism, Edited by Walt Harrington (New York: Grove Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8021422-4-5)
• Next Wave: America's New Generation of Great Literary Journalists, as Editor (San Diego, CA: CreateSpace,2012, ISBN 978-14811608-9-6)
• Slices of Life, edited by Walt Harrington, (Champaign, Illinois: The News-Gazette, 2013, ISBN 978-09846063-8-2)
• Acts of Creation: America's Finest Hand Craftsmen at Work(San Diego, CA: The Sager Group, 2014, ISBN 978-0-9895241-6-2)
• Artful Journalism: Essays in the Craft and Magic of True Storytelling, (San Diego, CA: The Sager Group, 2015, ISBN 978-0996490115)
• The Detective: And Other True Stories, (San Diego, CA: The Sager Group, NeoText, 2021, ISBN 978-1950154654)

• Profile at University of Illinois