Kristen Schorsch

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 and higher education for Crain’s Chicago Business, the Chicago Tribune, the Daily Southtown and the Iowa City Press-Citizen.

Kristen has won more than a dozen local and national awards for her work. 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. 

Kristen has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois.