Journalist

Kristen Schorsch

Chicago Tribune

Kristen Schorsch

Kristen Schorsch (Chicago). Kristen Schorsch is a general assignment reporter at the Chicago Tribune. She came to the Tribune in 2009 from the SouthtownStar (formerly the Daily Southtown) in south suburban Tinley Park, where she covered crime, courts and government. She started her journalism career at the University of Illinois, working at the Daily Illini for three years before graduating with a print journalism degree in 2003. At the DI, she was a campus and metro reporter, mentor for reporters, editorial board member and campus editor. Her first full-time reporting job was at the Iowa City (Iowa) Press-Citizen, covering higher education, health care and the Iowa caucuses.

Marquette School presentation on November 2nd, 2009.