Monica Eng

Former Reporter, Curious City
Monica Eng is WBEZ’s Curious City reporter. She also reports on food, health, cultural and environmental issues at the station. 

Monica came to WBEZ in 2013 from the Chicago Tribune where she spent 16 years editing and reporting on food, culture and health. Before that she wrote and edited at the Daily Southtown and Chicago Sun-Times. Monica has won multiple writing awards and been nominated for the James Beard Award five times.

Monica is a fourth generation Chicagoan whose children are fourth generation Chicago Public School graduates.

Stories by Monica Eng