Lauren serves as associate regional editor for several Patch.com sites in the suburbs as well as in five North Side Chicago neighborhoods. She came to Patch from InsideCounsel, a legal magazine where she worked as managing editor. She was awarded Folio Magazine's 2011 Bronze Eddie Award for business reporting for her story "Mind the Gap: Generation Y Enters the Workplace." She has a master's in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Post-graduation, she completed a three-month investigative reporting fellowship through the Carnegie-Knight News21 Initiative. She spent the summer reporting on the environmental, political and economic implications of a controversial industrial dairy farm under construction in northwest Illinois. Prior to graduate school, she worked as assistant director of undergraduate admission at Northwestern. She has a bachelor's degree in performance studies from Northwestern's School of Communication. Her freelance reporting and writing has appeared in Time Out Chicago, A.V. Club Chicago, Men's Health, Skin Inc. (a spa industry magazine) and the Chicago Sun-Times.
Americans are living longer than they were three decades ago, but there are widening disparities between counties. See how Cook County stacks up.
Americans are living longer than they were three decades ago, but there are widening disparities between counties. See how Cook County stacks up.
Also this week: a spa exposed as a brothel remains closed, an "indoor skydiving" facility is proposed and the Stanley Cup has been in the area.
Also this week: a spa exposed as a brothel remains closed, an "indoor skydiving" facility is proposed and the Stanley Cup has been in the area.
Also: deals at EcoManiacs and Nest Vintage Modern and a teen production of "Rent" at the Theatre of Western Springs.
Also: deals at EcoManiacs and Nest Vintage Modern and a teen production of "Rent" at the Theatre of Western Springs.
Also: The Park District of La Grange partners with Countryside for a fireworks display and the La Grange Art League introduces its featured artist for August.
Also: The Park District of La Grange partners with Countryside for a fireworks display and the La Grange Art League introduces its featured artist for August.
La Grange police reports, July 20-22.
A roundup of what people in La Grange and Western Springs had to say this week in Patch blogs.
A roundup of what people in La Grange and Western Springs had to say this week in Patch blogs.
A look at the top stories this week in La Grange and Western Springs.
A look at the top stories this week in La Grange and Western Springs.
Other things to know today: A corny fundraiser for the LeaderShop and a teen production of "Rent" at the Theatre of Western Springs.
Other things to know today: A corny fundraiser for the LeaderShop and a teen production of "Rent" at the Theatre of Western Springs.
Other things to know today: A corny fundraiser for the LeaderShop and a teen production of "Rent" at the Theatre of Western Springs.
Cow and Lil Bit are 12-week-old kittens at the Hinsdale Humane Society who are looking for a home.
