Eric Zorn

Eric Zorn, born January 6, 1958, is a columnist and a blogger for the Chicago Tribune.

Zorn is a 1980 graduate of the University of Michigan, where he was an arts section editor at the Michigan Daily and a creative writing/English literature major. After he had served a four-month internship at the Miami Herald, he came to work at the Chicago Tribune from 1980 forward. After five years as a feature author and TV/radio columnist in the Tempo portion of the paper, he went to the metro news section. In 1986 he became a news-feature columnist. His column, Hometowns, developed gradually into his eponymous news commentary column.

He is a co-author of the 1990 book, Murder of Innocence, a study of the life and tragic rampage of Winnetka schoolhouse killer Laurie Dann.

Zorn and fellow Chicago Tribune metro columnist Mary Schmich occasionally write a week of columns that consist of a back-and-forth exchange of letters. An amateur folk musician, each December Zorn joins with Schmich to host "Songs of Good Cheer," holiday caroling parties at the Old Town School of Folk Music to raise money for the Tribune Holiday Fund charities.

In August 2003, he started "Change of Subject," the first blog at the Chicago Tribune website. http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2003/08/index.html

In August 2010, he and Tribune political cartoonist Scott Stantis started "The Prickly Pair," the first weekly podcast offered by Chicagotribune.com. They discontinued that podcast in February 2011. http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/prickly-pair-podcasts/