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American journalist
Eric Zorn
(born January 6, 1958) is an American former
op-ed
columnist
and daily blogger for the
Chicago Tribune
who specialized in local news as well as politics.
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Early life and education
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Zorn is a graduate of the
University of Michigan
, where he majored in
English literature
and
creative writing
.
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He is the grandson of the mathematician
Max Zorn
, author of
Zorn's lemma
.
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Career
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After serving a four-month internship at the
Miami Herald
, Zorn started working for the
Chicago Tribune
in summer 1980. He has been a
columnist
for it since 1986.
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About four times a year for some years, Zorn and fellow
Tribune
columnist
Mary Schmich
wrote a week of columns that consisted of a back-and-forth exchange of letters.
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Each December since 1999 (except for during the
COVID-19 pandemic
in 2020), Schmich and Zorn have hosted the "Songs of Good Cheer" holiday
caroling
parties at the
Old Town School of Folk Music
to raise money for the Tribune Holiday Fund charities.
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Zorn co-wrote the 1990 book
Murder of Innocence
, about
Laurie Dann
.
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The book served as the basis for a 1993 made-for-TV movie of the same name.
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From 2003, Zorn penned "Change of Subject", the
Tribune
'
s first blog.
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When
Alden Global Capital
took control of the
Chicago Tribune
in the spring of 2021, Zorn was among the many columnists and other journalists who accepted a buyout offer from the company. His final column appeared on June 27, 2021. In September of that year he began writing
The Picayune Sentinel
, a newsletter named after the newsletter once published by his grandfather,
Max Zorn
.
Political views
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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."
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References
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Zorn, Eric (2019).
"Eric Zorn"
. Chicago Tribune
. Retrieved
2020-11-22
.
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"Eric Zorn Columns - Chicago Tribune"
.
chicagotribune.com
. Retrieved
2020-10-18
.
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"About Me"
.
blogs.chicagotribune.com
. Retrieved
2020-10-18
.
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"A Math Wizard, Hero to His Family"
.
Chicago Tribune
. 11 March 1993
. Retrieved
2021-09-25
.
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"Eric Zorn".
Contemporary Authors Online
. September 17, 2002. Retrieved on January 26, 2013.
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"Songs of Good Cheer with Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn: A Caroling Party - 20th Edition"
. Old Town School of Folk Music. 2018
. Retrieved
2020-11-22
.
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Peter Robertson. "
Real Life Can be as Horrifying as Fiction
".
Durant Daily Democrat
. October 16, 1990. Retrieved on January 26, 2013.
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Ginny Holbert. "A Tragedy Hits Home ? Will Dann Teleplay Help Heal or Reopen Wounds?"
Chicago Sun-Times
. November 30, 1993. pg. 29.
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David A. Craig.
Excellence in Online Journalism: Exploring Current Practices in an Evolving Environment
. Sage, 2010. pg. 138.
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Zorn, Eric (June 16, 2016).
"Illinois Democrats are dreadful, but the alternative is far worse"
. Chicago Tribune
. Retrieved
2020-11-22
.
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