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Eric Zorn is a 1980 graduate of the University of Michigan, where he was a senior editor at the Michigan Daily and a creative-writing/English Literature major.
After serving a four-month internship at the Miami Herald, he came to work at the Chicago Tribune in the summer of 1980. After five years as a feature writer and radio columnist in the Tempo section he moved to the metropolitan news staff, where in late 1986, he became a news-feature columnist.
That column, Hometowns, gradually evolved into the commentary column that bears his name. It runs Tuesdays and Thursdays on the front of the metro section. In August of 2003, he started the Tribune's first Web log, which appea...
After serving a four-month internship at the Miami Herald, he came to work at the Chicago Tribune in the summer of 1980. After five years as a feature writer and radio columnist in the Tempo section he moved to the metropolitan news staff, where in late 1986, he became a news-feature columnist.
That column, Hometowns, gradually evolved into the commentary column that bears his name. It runs Tuesdays and Thursdays on the front of the metro section. In August of 2003, he started the Tribune's first Web log, which appea...
Eric Zorn is a 1980 graduate of the University of Michigan, where he was a senior editor at the Michigan Daily and a creative-writing/English Literature major.
After serving a four-month internship at the Miami Herald, he came to work at the Chicago Tribune in the summer of 1980. After five years as a feature writer and radio columnist in the Tempo section he moved to the metropolitan news staff, where in late 1986, he became a news-feature columnist.
That column, Hometowns, gradually evolved into the commentary column that bears his name. It runs Tuesdays and Thursdays on the front of the metro section. In August of 2003, he started the Tribune's first Web log, which appears five days a week at chicagotribune.com. In July, 2006, highlights of that Web log began appearing in the Sunday Metro section.
He is a co-author of the 1990 book, "Murder of Innocence," an exploration of the life and tragic rampage of Winnetka schoolhouse killer Laurie Dann.
Zorn, his wife Johanna (an executive producer at WBEZ-FM, Chicago's public radio station) and their three children live on the city's Northwest Side.
After serving a four-month internship at the Miami Herald, he came to work at the Chicago Tribune in the summer of 1980. After five years as a feature writer and radio columnist in the Tempo section he moved to the metropolitan news staff, where in late 1986, he became a news-feature columnist.
That column, Hometowns, gradually evolved into the commentary column that bears his name. It runs Tuesdays and Thursdays on the front of the metro section. In August of 2003, he started the Tribune's first Web log, which appears five days a week at chicagotribune.com. In July, 2006, highlights of that Web log began appearing in the Sunday Metro section.
He is a co-author of the 1990 book, "Murder of Innocence," an exploration of the life and tragic rampage of Winnetka schoolhouse killer Laurie Dann.
Zorn, his wife Johanna (an executive producer at WBEZ-FM, Chicago's public radio station) and their three children live on the city's Northwest Side.
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At least Sen. Kirk offered an idea
I am very disappointed in Eric Zorn’s column in Friday’s Tribune, “There’s a core of substance in Mark Kirk’s ‘empty, simplistic’ crime-fighting proposal” (Change of Subject, May 31). Perhaps Sen. Kirk...Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, Bobby Rush, Gang Activity
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Voice of the People, May. 24
Loss of a dog I read a newspaper every day. No matter what city I am in, I immediately tune into the editorial and op-ed pages. I have read columns from so many diverse writers, Jonah Goldberg to Mike Royko. The column "Losing the gift of best dog ever"...Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, Politics
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Tackling religion at the DNC
"They booed putting God back!" read a Drudge Report headline earlier this week. The reference was to the dismayed reaction from some Democratic National Convention delegates after two amendments were inserted into the 2012 platform, one of which declared...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
5:30 - 9 a.m. Jonathon Brandmeier 8:35 a.m. Johnny B has your chance to win Brett Michaels tickets. 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Mike McConnell 9:35 a.m. You've seen Kony postings all over the internet. Mike McConnell explores the situation 12 - 3 p.m....Tags: Northwestern Wildcats, Sports, Chicago Blackhawks Game Tickets, Basketball, Tom Skilling
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Charlotte the Cheesehead Orphan Deer, and other Tribune news singalongs of 2011
As you might expect, we talk about the news a lot around here. But the story of Charlotte the Deer, the subject of our colleague John Kass's recent columns, has gotten a fair bit of talker traction -- for us and, apparently, for you.
Last week, Kass...Tags: YouTube, Entertainment, Facebook, Music, John Kass
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Change of Subject reader survey
Change of SubjectI decided to borrow a page from Andrew Sullivan, who recently conducted an Urtak.com wiki survey on his wildly popular Daily Dish site in order to get a better handle on who his readers are and what they want from...... -
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What about Blago's kids?
How could you not feel terrible for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's daughters?
Annie is 8. Amy is 15. Their father will be in federal prison when they graduate from high school, when Amy graduates from college and when both go through other rites of...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Judges, Regional Authority, Illinois Governor, Government
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Promo by proxy
Change of SubjectWBEZ stands for “We Broadcast Eric Zorn,” at least this Friday after 3 p.m., when my counterpart over at the Tribune will be a guest on the new afternoon news program hosted by my pal Steve Edwards, who returns to...... -
Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review (WTTW-Ch. 11) Host Joel Weisman with Abdon Pallasch, Chicago Sun-Times; Lorraine... -
Talkin' stuff
Change of SubjectFor all you baby boomers out there I could call it the Melina Mercouri syndrome --"Never on Sunday" That's a Paul Greenism, I used to come up with those a lot. Now they're coming few and far between. Maybe Eric......
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