Editor/Audience Engagement Manager
benton, illinois, united states
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Claim your profileLauren is an editor with a news reporter background. From 2016 to 2020, she provided comprehensive coverage to readers about the ongoing lead poisoning and contamination/housing crisis within the USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago, Indiana. Lauren graduated in May 2013 from the Public Affairs Reporting graduate program at University of Illinois Springfield.Lauren has reported on a wide range of issues, including environmental affairs, local and state government, politics, courts, crime, social justice, higher education, health/fitness, and more. Specialties include: narrative journalism, data analysis, copy editing, and multimedia production.






Masters, Politics, Public Affairs at University Of Illinois SpringfieldGraduated: 2013
Bachelors, Communication, Journalism at Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleGraduated: 2012