About Us
Winner of eight Pulitzer Prizes, the Chicago Sun-Times was founded in 1948 through a merger of the Chicago Sun and the Daily Times. It’s known for hard-hitting investigative reporting, in-depth political coverage, timely behind-the-scenes sports analysis and insightful entertainment and cultural coverage. In 2022, it became part of the Chicago Public Media family of companies and now operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. You can download our latest financial report here.
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Board of Directors
Adrienne King
Matt Moog
Lerry Knox
Kristen Mack
Aretae Ortiz Wyler
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We are committed to diversity in the way we structure our daily news report and in the staffing of our newsroom — realizing that we, like other newsrooms, need to improve on staffing to reflect the diversity of the region we cover. In terms of racial and ethnic identity, our newsroom is 65% white, 14% Black, 14% Hispanic and 7% percent Asian. Our news staff is 63% male and 37% female. Read our newsroom diversity report here.
Leadership
- Executive Editor: Jennifer Kho
- Chief Product Officer: Matt Watson
- Managing Editor, News: Dave Newbart
- Editorial Director, Strategy and Operations: Kaitlyn Jakola
- Deputy Managing Editor, Enterprise and Investigations: Paul Saltzman
- Deputy Managing Editor, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion/Administration and Planning: Norman Parish
- Director of Newsroom Culture and Community Engagement/Columnist: Mary Mitchell
- Senior Director, Audience: Angela Massino
Editorial Board
- Editorial Page Editor: Lorraine Forte
- Editorial Board Members: Lee Bey, Thomas Frisbie, Marlen Garcia, Rummana Hussain
News
- Director of Metro News: Bill Ruminski
- Assistant News Editors: Scott Fornek, Dorothy Hernandez, Saji Mathai, Rose Sobol
- Digital Copy Editor: Angela Myers
- General Assignment Reporters: Emmanuel Camarillo, Kade Heather, Cindy Hernandez, Mary Norkol, Mohammad Samra, Sophie Sherry, David Struett, Kaitlin Washburn
- Editorial Assistant: Denise O’Neal
- Assistant to the Editor: Dawna Altes
Features
- Features Editor: Miriam Di Nunzio
- Assistant Features Editor: Darel Jevens
- Features Reporter: Stefano Esposito
- Profiles Reporter: Mitch Dudek
- La Voz Editor and Assistant Audience Engagement Editor: Jackie Serrato
- La Voz Assistant Editor and Audience Engagement Specialist: Ambar Colón
Money
- Money Editor: Subrina Hudson
- Business and Labor Staff Reporter: Dave Roeder
- Consumer Investigations Watchdogs Reporter: Stephanie Zimmermann
Politics & Government
- Politics Editor: Alex Rodriguez
- Deputy Politics and Government Editor: John O’Neill
- City Hall Reporter: Fran Spielman
- Political Reporter: Tina Sfondeles
- Staff Reporter: Mitch Armentrout
- Washington Bureau Chief: Lynn Sweet
- Watchdog Reporters: Tim Novak, Robert Herguth
Public Safety & Justice
- Public Safety and Justice Editor: Dan Haar
- Assistant Editor/Reporter, Public Safety: Tom Schuba
- Federal Courts Reporter: Jon Seidel
- Staff Reporters: Andy Grimm, Matt Hendrickson
- Watchdogs Reporter: Frank Main
Race, Class & Communities
- Race, Class and Communities Editor: Candi Meriwether
- Assistant Editor/Reporter, Race Class & Communities: Brett Chase
- Education Staff Reporter: Nader Issa
- Social Justice Reporter: Elvia Malagón
- Report for America Reporters: Michael Loria, Mariah Rush
- Watchdogs Reporter: Lauren FitzPatrick
Sports
- Deputy Managing Editor, Sports: Chris De Luca
- Deputy Sports Editor: Jeff Agrest
- Digital Sports Editor: Gene Farris
- Bears Staff Reporters: Patrick Finley, Jason Lieser
- Blackhawks Staff Reporter: Ben Pope
- Bulls Staff Reporter: Joe Cowley
- Columnists: Rick Morrissey, Rick Telander
- Cubs Staff Reporter: Maddie Lee
- High School Sports Staff Reporter: Michael O’Brien
- Sky and Red Stars Staff Reporter: Annie Costabile
- Staff Reporter and Columnist: Steve Greenberg
- Staff Reporter: Mark Potash
- White Sox Staff Reporter: Daryl Van Schouwen
- Report for America Staff Reporter: Kyle Williams
Staff Columnists
- News: Michael Sneed, Neil Steinberg
- Entertainment: Richard Roeper
- Lifestyle: Mary Mitchell
Audience
- Deputy Director, Audience: Satchel Price
- Newsletter Reporter: Matt Moore
- Audience Analyst: Charles Tharpe
- Audience Engagement Producer and Columnist: Ismael Pérez
- Audience Engagement Specialists: Katie Anthony, Katelyn Haas, Nyarai Khepra, Ellery Jones
Production
- Head of Print Production: Joel Carlson
- Page One Design Editor: Bryan Barker
- Assistant News and Design Editor: Eric White
- News Copy Editor: Jeffrey Britt
- Sports Page Design Editors: Matt Corradino, Rob Hollingsworth, Akiko Spencer
- Sports Copy Editors: Bob Mazzoni, Humberto Perez
- Page Design Editors: Dennis Sabo, John Silver
- News Page Design Editor: Rich Zamudio, Kacie Trimble
Visuals
- Director of Digital Operations: Brian Ernst
- Photo Desk Editor: Rich Hein
- Interactive Editor: Justin Myers
- Assistant Photo Editor/Visual Journalist: Ashlee Rezin
- Data Visualization Developer: Jesse Howe
- Visual Journalists: Tyler LaRiviere, Pat Nabong, Anthony Vazquez