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
Matt Moog, Chicago Public Media
Adrienne King, Bain & Company
Lerry Knox, Sovereign Infrastructure Group
Kristen Mack, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Aretae Ortiz Wyler, The Atlantic
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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. Our newsroom is 70% white, 14% black, 11% Hispanic and 4% percent Asian. Our news staff is 69% male and 31% female. Read our newsroom diversity report here.
Leadership
- Executive Editor: Jennifer Kho
- Chief Digital Strategist: Matt Watson
- Managing Editor, News: Dave Newbart
- Deputy Managing Editor, Enterprise and Investigations: Paul Saltzman
- Editorial Director, Strategy and Operations: Kaitlyn Jakola
- Deputy Managing Editor, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion/Administration & Planning: Norman Parish
- Director of Newsroom Culture and Community Engagement/Columnist: Mary Mitchell
Editors
- Deputy Managing Editor, Sports: Chris De Luca
- Director of Metro News: Bill Ruminski
- Deputy Metro Editor: John O’Neill
- Politics Editor: Scott Fornek
- Wire Desk Editor: Dan Haar
- Assistant Metro Editor: Candi Meriwether
- Assistant Metro Editor: Saji Mathai
- Digital Copy Editor: Angela Myers
- Senior Director, Audience: Angela Massino
- Deputy Director, Audience: Satchel Price
- Entertainment Editors: Miriam Di Nunzio, Darel Jevens
- Deputy Sports Editor: Jeff Agrest
- Digital Sports Editor: Gene Farris
Editorial Board
- Editorial Page Editor: Lorraine Forte
- Editorial Board Members: Lee Bey, Thomas Frisbie, Rummana Hussain, Ismael Perez
Staff Columnists
- Columnists: Michael Sneed, Neil Steinberg
- Entertainment Columnist: Richard Roeper
News
- Staff Reporters: Brett Chase, Mitch Dudek, Emmanuel Camarillo, Stefano Esposito, Matt Hendrickson, Elvia Malagón, Tom Schuba, David Struett, Emmanuel Camarillo
- Education Staff Reporter: Nader Issa
- Business and Labor Staff Reporter: Dave Roeder
- Federal Courts Reporter: Jon Seidel
- Editorial Assistant: Denise O’Neal
- Assistant to the Editor: Dawna Altes
Politics
- City Hall Reporter: Fran Spielman
- Political Reporter: Tina Sfondeles
- Washington Bureau Chief: Lynn Sweet
- Staff Reporter: Mitch Armentrout
Sports
- Columnists: Rick Morrissey, Rick Telander
- Bears Staff Reporters: Patrick Finley, Jason Lieser
- Blackhawks Staff Reporter: Ben Pope
- Bulls Staff Reporter: Joe Cowley
- Cubs Staff Reporter: Maddie Lee
- White Sox Staff Reporter: Daryl Van Schouwen
- 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
The Watchdogs
- Watchdogs Reporters: Lauren FitzPatrick, Robert Herguth, Frank Main, Tim Novak
- Consumer Investigations Watchdogs Reporter: Stephanie Zimmermann
Visual and Audience teams
- Director of Digital Operations: Brian Ernst
- Photo Desk Editor: Rich Hein
- Audience Engagement Specialists: Matt Moore, Katelyn Haas, Nyarai Khepra, Katie Anthony, Ellery Jones
- La Voz Editor: Jackie Serrato
- Assistant La Voz Editor: Ambi Colón
- Visual Journalists: Pat Nabong, Ashlee Rezin, Tyler LaRiviere
- Report for America Visual Journalist: Anthony Vazquez
- Data Visualization Developer: Jesse Howe
Breaking News
- CST Wire Reporters: Cindy Hernandez, Mohammad Samra, Sophie Sherry, Kade Heather, Mary Norkol, Allison Novelo
Production
- News and Design Editor: 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
- Sports Page Design Editors: Dennis Sabo, John Silver
- News Page Design Editor: Rich Zamudio