The Evanston Edge is a small newsroom. Each reporter has a beat, and the editor reads every story before it goes up.
Margaret Whitfield
Editor
Edits every story we publish and covers City Council, zoning, development and the city’s neighborhoods.
Daniel Okafor
Reporter, Business & Innovators
Covers storefronts, employers, startups, Northwestern research that turns into companies, and the people behind them.
Rachel Lindqvist
Reporter, Community, Dining & Arts
Covers libraries, parks, the lakefront, restaurants, galleries, music and the groups that keep Evanston busy on weekends.
Thomas Brennan
Reporter, Finance & Transit
Covers property taxes, budgets, housing, real estate, the CTA, Metra and Pace, and the numbers behind local decisions.
To pitch a story to a specific reporter, use the tips page and mention their name.