About Christine

Christine Haughney is an award-winning journalist who helped develop and oversaw the investigative reporting for the Netflix original series “Rotten”. She also consults for film and television executives on the journalism in their projects. She most recently wrapped up an investigation into romaine lettuce and e.coli as a Boston Globe Spotlight fellow. Her reporting on food and agriculture for Politico earned a James Beard nomination.

Prior to her work on Rotten, she was a staff reporter for The New York Times for eight years on the real estate, metro and media desks. She also reported on the real estate industry as a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal and Crain's New York Business. Her investigations in the real estate industry helped lead to the imprisonment of two real estate moguls.

Earlier in her career, she worked as a junior reporter in The Washington Post's New York bureau and was the first reporter sent in to report on the attacks at The World Trade Center on Sept. 11. Her reporting on air quality at Ground Zero launched a federal investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency. She has appeared extensively on television and radio speaking about her reporting.

She graduated from Wellesley College with a major in Political Science and minor in Economics. She also graduated from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She serves on the board of the Anne O'Hare McCormick Scholarship Fund.