Our Staff
Leadership Team
Elizabeth Green COFOUNDER & CEO [email protected]
Elizabeth Green is the CEO and co-founder of Chalkbeat. She is also the
cofounder of the American Journalism Project, the first venture philanthropy
firm dedicated to local news. Elizabeth’s book Building a Better Teacher was
a New York Times bestseller and notable book of 2014. She has also written
about education issues for The New York Times Magazine, U.S. News &
World Report, and other publications. Elizabeth has been a Spencer Fellow in
education journalism at Columbia University and an Abe Journalism Fellow
studying education in Japan.
Sarah Darville CHALKBEAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF [email protected]
Sarah Darville is Chalkbeat’s editor in chief. She previously served as Chalkbeat’s managing editor for national news, overseeing the national reporting team and expanding national partnerships. Before launching national coverage, she was Chalkbeat’s New York bureau chief and a New York City-based reporter. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Sunday Review, the New York Daily News, and the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Editorial
Reema Amin REPORTER, CHALKBEAT CHICAGO [email protected]
Krishnan Anantharaman STORY EDITOR [email protected]
Aleksandra Appleton REPORTER, CHALKBEAT INDIANA [email protected]
Melanie Asmar BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT COLORADO [email protected]
Caroline Bauman DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR FOR ENGAGEMENT [email protected]
Kalyn Belsha SENIOR NATIONAL REPORTER [email protected]
Gabrielle Birkner FEATURES EDITOR AND FELLOWSHIP DIRECTOR [email protected]
Catherine Carrera BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT NEWARK [email protected]
Elaine Cromie PHOTO EDITOR [email protected]
Hannah Dellinger REPORTER, CHALKBEAT DETROIT [email protected]
Michael Elsen-Rooney REPORTER, CHALKBEAT NEW YORK [email protected]
Cara Fitzpatrick STORY EDITOR [email protected]
Jessie Gomez REPORTER, CHALKBEAT NEWARK [email protected]
Jason Gonzales HIGHER EDUCATION REPORTER, CHALKBEAT COLORADO [email protected]
Susan Gonzalez EDITOR, SOCIAL AND PLATFORMS [email protected]
Eric Gorski MANAGING EDITOR FOR LOCAL NEWS [email protected]
Catherine Green NEWSLETTER EDITOR [email protected]
Lori Higgins BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT DETROIT [email protected]
Eddie King DATA ANALYTICS MANAGER, [email protected]
Mila Koumpilova SENIOR REPORTER, CHALKBEAT CHICAGO [email protected]
Carrie Melago MANAGING EDITOR FOR LOCAL NEWS [email protected]
Erica Meltzer NATIONAL EDITOR [email protected]
Amelia Pak-Harvey REPORTER, CHALKBEAT INDIANA [email protected]
Kae Petrin DATA AND GRAPHICS REPORTER [email protected]rg
Mónica Rhor STORY EDITOR [email protected]
Emiliana Sandoval MANAGING EDITOR OF STANDARDS AND WORKFLOW [email protected]
Ann Schimke SENIOR REPORTER, CHALKBEAT COLORADO [email protected]
Carly Sitrin BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT PHILADELPHIA csitrin@chalkbeat.org
MJ Slaby BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT INDIANA [email protected]
Samantha Smylie STATE EDUCATION REPORTER, CHALKBEAT CHICAGO [email protected]
Andrew Ujifusa STORY EDITOR [email protected]
Becky Vevea BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT CHICAGO [email protected]
Melissa Villanueva EDITORIAL OPERATIONS MANAGER [email protected]
Thomas Wilburn SENIOR DATA EDITOR [email protected]
Amy Zimmer BUREAU CHIEF, CHALKBEAT NEW YORK [email protected]
Alex Zimmerman REPORTER, CHALKBEAT NEW YORK [email protected]
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.