John Gehring is a senior writer and media specialist for Catholics in
Alliance for the Common Good. Previously, Gehring was the assistant
director for media relations at the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops, where he provided media outreach and commentary writing for
bishops and staff on international justice and peace, immigration and
other social justice issues. A former national education reporter for
Education Week newspaper, Gehring has also written for the Catholic
Review in Baltimore and the Frederick Gazette in Frederick, Md. He
graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md. with a
degree in writing and sociology and earned a Masters in journalism from
Columbia University in New York City.