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Friday, December 13, 2024

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 FY23 financial report here.

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Board of Directors

Melissa Bell

Kristen Mack

Nivine Megahed

Laura Van Peenan

Aretae Ortiz Wyler

Diversity

We are committed to diversity in our daily news report, in the communities we serve 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 64% white, 14% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% percent Asian, and 2% two or more races. Our news staff is 63% male and 37% female, and includes those who identify as transgender. This compares to a February 2022 newsroom that was 70% white, 15% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 4% Asian; as well as 69% male and 31% female. Since February 2022, 67% of new hires have made us more diverse.

Our audience comprises 57% people of color, according to a third-party survey conducted in April 2023. The Sun-Times published 14,530 digital stories in 2023. According to an independent source audit, reporters interviewed 1,277 sources in one month, with 53.8% of local stories including sources of color, and covered 100 unique neighborhoods across the city and suburbs.

Read the Chicago Sun-Times’ 2022 diversity report here. The Sun-Times became part of Chicago Public Media in January 2022. Read the Chicago Public Media diversity report here.

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Leadership

  • Chief Content Officer: Tracy Brown
  • 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

News

Features

Money

Politics & Government

Public Safety & Justice

Race, Class & Communities

Weekends & Special Projects

  • Weekend & Special Projects editor: Ari Soglin

Sports

Staff Columnists

Audience

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

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