About Chris O'Brien
French Crossroads is a newsletter by me, Chris O’Brien. I’m an American journalist based in the Paris region. Before relocating to the North of France in 2021, our family lived in Toulouse for 7 years after having fled California in 2014. For 15 years before that, I covered Silicon Valley for the Los Angeles Times and The San Jose Mercury News.
Free subscribers get a newsletter each Monday. Paid subscribers get additional newsletters on Tuesday and Thursday that include news analysis and essays, plus a bonus Friday edition of Dreaming of France that features destinations to inspire your travels in France.