Eric Zorn


Eric Zorn is an op-ed columnist and daily blogger for the Chicago Tribune, specializing in local news as well as politics.

Early life and education

Zorn is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he majored in English literature and Creative Writing.

Career

After serving a four-month internship at the Miami Herald, Zorn came to work at the Chicago Tribune in summer 1980. He has been working for the paper since 1980, and has been a columnist since 1986. He co-wrote the 1990 book Murder of Innocence, about Laurie Dann. The book served as the basis for a 1993 made-for-TV movie of the same name. Since 2003, Zorn has penned "Change of Subject", the Tribunes first blog.

Personal life

Zorn is a Democrat and has stated, "I’m a Democrat because I think man-made climate change is real, that it’s vile to discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, that access to quality health care should be a right, that the death penalty should be abolished, that income inequality should be diminished and that we shouldn’t privatize public education. I’m a Democrat because I believe it should be hard to buy a gun—especially if you’re on a law-enforcement watch list—and that every firearm should be registered, licensed and easily tracked... organized labor and 'big government' interventions are needed to smooth out the roller-coaster ride of free-market capitalism."