Kate Grossman

Kate oversees WBEZ’s 10-person Urban Affairs team, which includes our award-winning coverage of education, criminal justice and race, class & communities. Previously, she was WBEZ’s senior education editor. Kate came to WBEZ in 2017 after two decades as a print reporter and opinion writer. Most recently, she was Deputy Editorial Page Editor at the Chicago Sun-Times, where she wrote editorials on education, Illinois politics and city and state policy issues. She also ran the paper’s political endorsement process. Previously, Kate worked as a Sun-Times metro reporter, covering schools and public housing, and at the Associated Press, The Providence Journal and ABC 20/20, and she has freelanced for The Atlantic.com. Kate also served as a director at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics where she was awarded a fellowship to teach a seminar on the politics of school reform. Kate graduated from Cornell University and has master’s degrees in journalism and public policy from Columbia University.

Kate is a two-time winner of the national Education Writers Association top opinion writing award for editorials on the Chicago Public Schools and is a winner of the Studs Terkel Award for coverage of Chicago’s diverse communities. She regularly speaks publicly and to groups about education issues, journalism and politics. Kate lives in Chicago with her family.