Rachel Cromidas

I dressed up as Nellie Bly for the 6th grade biography fair because the role of Emily Dickinson was already taken.

I've spent the past three years covering city education, politics, business, and crime for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, out of Chicago and New York City. I also blogged extensively about education policy for GothamSchools.org.

I split my time between New York and Chicago, and now New Haven, Conn. too. I'm on a relentless hunt for the next story/project/gig to tackle.
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This is a shortlist of my favorite pieces that have appeared in the New York Times since 2010:

For more of my reporting from Chicago, on deadline for the Chicago News Cooperative and the New York Times, visit my CNC author page.

Two videos I produced to accompany “Capturing Chicago…”