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Kristen Schorsch is a reporter on WBEZ Chicago’s government and politics team, where she specializes in public health and Cook County government. She's part of a national collaboration led by NPR and KFF Health News. A journalist for more than 20 years, she’s covered health care, government, crime, courts, higher education and news of the weird for Crain’s Chicago Business, the Chicago Tribune, the Daily Southtown and the Iowa City Press-Citizen. Schorsch has won more than 20 local and national awards for her work, including the Edward R. Murrow Award and the National Headliner. Her stories have sparked policy changes and spurred investigations. One of her investigations was featured in two books about inequality in Chicago. She was a 2021 national fellow with the Association of Health Care Journalists. She helped co-found what’s become a popular annual journalism conference about public records and transparency.
