Catalyst Staff

Linda Lenz

Publisher and Founder
Catalyst-Chicago

Linda Lenz is the founder and publisher of Catalyst Chicago and she is publisher of the sister publication, Catalyst Cleveland. Before launching Catalyst in 1990, Lenz was the education writer for the Chicago Sun-Times and...

Lorraine Forte

Editor-in-Chief
Catalyst Chicago

Lorraine is the Editor-in-Chief of Catalyst Chicago. She first worked for Catalyst as managing editor from 1991 to 1996. She also is a former newswriter at WGN-TV and reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times and the Daily Southtown. She received a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern...

Debra Williams

Community Editor
Catalyst Chicago

Former Associate Editor Debra Williams stepped into the new post of Community Editor in 2009. She came to Catalyst in 1992 while working on a master's degree in journalism at Columbia College. Previously, she worked in the communications offices of...

Sarah Karp

Deputy Editor
Catalyst Chicago

She joined the staff in 2006 after writing for five years for Catalyst's sister publication, The Chicago Reporter, where she covered children and family issues. Before that, Karp was project director at Youth Communication, which publishes New Expression, a newspaper...

Rebecca Harris

Associate Editor
Catalyst Chicago

She completed two stints as a Catalyst intern while earning a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Rebecca then worked as a reporter at the Erie (Pa.) Times-News before becoming a...

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