GRATTEAU NAMED ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITOR FOR METROPOLITAN NEWS OF CHICAGO TRIBUNE
CHICAGO, June 24, 2002 – Hanke Gratteau has been named associate managing editor for metropolitan news of the Chicago Tribune. The announcement was made by George de Lama, the newspaper’s deputy managing editor/news.
Gratteau joined the Tribune in 1984 and has held a variety of positions, including INC. columnist from 1986 to 1990 and investigative reporter from 1990 to 1994, when she was appointed associate metropolitan editor in charge of the team.
“As city editor, Hanke’s dogged editing instincts and her keen news judgment helped distinguish the Tribune on a wide variety of key stories over the last few years,” said de Lama. “In her new role, she brings her unflappable professionalism and extensive reporting and editing experience to a key newsroom position–overseeing the city and suburban report.”
Gratteau began her career in 1975 as a reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago and later served as reporter, assistant to columnist Mike Royko and sportswriter for the Chicago Daily News. From 1980 to 1984, Gratteau was a reporter and assistant to Royko at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Gratteau succeeds Paul Weingarten, who recently joined the Tribune’s editorial board. Chicago Tribune Company publishes the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper with daily readership of more than 2 million and nearly 3 million on Sunday. The company also operates related developing media businesses serving Chicagoland. Chicago Tribune is the founding publication of Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB), one of the country’s premier media companies, operating businesses in broadcasting, publishing and on the Internet.
