Our Staff
Sarah Darville CHALKBEAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF sdarville@chalkbeat.org
Reema Amin REPORTER, CHALKBEAT CHICAGO ramin@chalkbeat.org
Krishnan Anantharaman STORY EDITOR kanantharaman@chalkbeat.org
Aleksandra Appleton REPORTER, CHALKBEAT INDIANA aappleton@chalkbeat.org
Melanie Asmar BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT COLORADO masmar@chalkbeat.org
Caroline Bauman DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR FOR ENGAGEMENT cbauman@chalkbeat.org
Kalyn Belsha SENIOR NATIONAL REPORTER kbelsha@chalkbeat.org
Melissa Brown BUREAU CHEF, CHALKBEAT TENNESSEE mbrown@chalkbeat.org
Gabrielle Birkner FEATURES EDITOR AND FELLOWSHIP DIRECTOR gbirkner@chalkbeat.org
Catherine Carrera BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT NEWARK ccarrera@chalkbeat.org
Elaine Cromie PHOTO EDITOR ecromie@chalkbeat.org
Hannah Dellinger REPORTER, CHALKBEAT DETROIT hdellinger@chalkbeat.org
Michael Elsen-Rooney REPORTER, CHALKBEAT NEW YORK melsen-rooney@chalkbeat.org
Cara Fitzpatrick STORY EDITOR cfitzpatrick@chalkbeat.org
Jessie Gomez REPORTER, CHALKBEAT NEWARK jgomez@chalkbeat.org
Jason Gonzales HIGHER EDUCATION REPORTER, CHALKBEAT COLORADO jgonzales@chalkbeat.org
Susan Gonzalez EDITOR, SOCIAL AND PLATFORMS sgonzalez@chalkbeat.org
Eric Gorski MANAGING EDITOR FOR LOCAL NEWS egorski@chalkbeat.org
Catherine Green NEWSLETTER EDITOR cgreen@chalkbeat.org
Lori Higgins BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT DETROIT lhiggins@chalkbeat.org
Eddie King DATA ANALYTICS MANAGER, eking@chalkbeat.org
Mila Koumpilova SENIOR REPORTER, CHALKBEAT CHICAGO mkoumpilova@chalkbeat.org
Carrie Melago MANAGING EDITOR FOR LOCAL NEWS cmelago@chalkbeat.org
Erica Meltzer NATIONAL EDITOR emeltzer@chalkbeat.org
Amelia Pak-Harvey REPORTER, CHALKBEAT INDIANA apak-harvey@chalkbeat.org
Kae Petrin DATA AND GRAPHICS REPORTER kpetrin@chalkbeat.org
Mónica Rhor STORY EDITOR mrhor@chalkbeat.org
Emiliana Sandoval MANAGING EDITOR OF STANDARDS AND WORKFLOW esandoval@chalkbeat.org
Ann Schimke SENIOR REPORTER, CHALKBEAT COLORADO aschimke@chalkbeat.org
Carly Sitrin BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT PHILADELPHIA csitrin@chalkbeat.org
MJ Slaby BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT INDIANA mslaby@chalkbeat.org
Samantha Smylie STATE EDUCATION REPORTER, CHALKBEAT CHICAGO ssmylie@chalkbeat.org
Andrew Ujifusa STORY EDITOR aujifusa@chalkbeat.org
Becky Vevea BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT CHICAGO bvevea@chalkbeat.org
Melissa Villanueva EDITORIAL OPERATIONS MANAGER mvillanueva@chalkbeat.org
Thomas Wilburn SENIOR DATA EDITOR twilburn@chalkbeat.org
Amy Zimmer BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT NEW YORK azimmer@chalkbeat.org
Alex Zimmerman REPORTER, CHALKBEAT NEW YORK azimmerman@chalkbeat.org
Chalkbeat is a subsidiary of Civic News Company, and is fully supported by Civic News Company's leadership, revenue, strategy, and operations teams. See the full staff list here.