Key staff

Geoff Dougherty, Editor and CEO

Geoff has been a journalist for 16 years, and founded the Daily News in 2005. Previously, he was an investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times. Geoff has won numerous awards for his work. While at the Miami Herald, he spearheaded the newspaper's effort to analyze discarded ballots from the 2000 presidential election

Frank Edwards, Community Organizer

Frank has seven years of experience organizing for media justice and civil rights, and spent three years as a social worker.

David McClendon, Associate Editor

David has been a journalist for 19 years. Before coming to the Daily News, he was an editor at the Lansing State Journal. Prior to that, he served as city editor, deputy city editor, bureau chief and reporter at the New Haven Register. While in Connecticut, he taught journalism at Quinnipiac College.

Felicia Yonter, General Manager

Felicia has been a business development professional for 14 years, creating and implementing profitability programming, technology platforms, and strategic alliances within the commercial real estate industry. She's worked at the National Association of Realtors’ Commercial Alliance, Chicago Association of Realtors, and the Houston Association of Realtors’ Commercial Gateway.

Correspondents

Paul Bowker

Paul Bowker is a Chicago-area freelance journalist with more than two decades of newspaper experience. He covers Chicago Public Schools for the Daily News.

Amy Lee

Amy Lee spent seven years as a metro desk reporter at the Detroit News before taking on the transit beat at the Daily News. She holds a graduate degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

Peter Sachs

Peter Sachs is a Chicago-based freelancer covering higher education for the Daily News. Sachs was most recently the city hall reporter for The Bulletin, the daily newspaper in Bend, Oregon. He holds a graduate degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.