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.
Montgomery's real estate market leapt forward in September as the bulk of the Chicago area saw a bump in year-over-year comparisons.
Geneva's real estate boomed in September as the rest of the Chicago area saw a bump in year-over-year comparisons.
Burr Ridge's real estate market took a dip in September as the bulk of the Chicago area saw a bump in year-over-year comparisons.
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If you have a question for the candidates, submit it in the comments section below and it could be asked during the televised Oct. 16 Town Hall Presidential Debate.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means a variety of pink products will be hitting the shelves. But, do your pink purchases always go towards the cause?
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, here's a list of local breast cancer support groups.
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, here's a list of local breast cancer support groups.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means a variety of pink products will be hitting the shelves. But, do your pink purchases always go towards the cause?
The voluntary recall of salmonella-contaminated peanut and almond butter includes more than 70 products.
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From galas to walks to shopping, here's how you can participate, pledge support and donate to the cause in your area.
The voluntary recall of salmonella-contaminated peanut and almond butter now includes more than 70 products from Sunland Inc.
The voluntary recall of salmonella-contaminated peanut and almond butter now includes more than 70 products.
The voluntary recall of salmonella-contaminated peanut and almond butter now includes more than 70 products.
The voluntary recall of salmonella-contaminated peanut and almond butter now includes more than 70 products.
The voluntary recall of salmonella-contaminated peanut and almond butter now includes more than 70 products from Sunland Inc.