Steve Rosenberg

Steven Rosenberg, a Senior Visuals editor, has been with the Chicago Tribune since 2005. Originally from suburban Cleveland, Ohio, he's a 1994 graduate of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism and the School of Visual Communications at Ohio University.

Handler Mark Szafran displays Woodstock Willie for the crowd gathered in Woodstock Square at the Groundhog Day celebration on Feb. 2, 2024, in Woodstock. Woodstock Willie did not see his shadow signifying an early spring. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Photos: Woodstock Willie predicts early spring, does not see his shadow

February 5, 2024 at 9:12 a.m.

In front of thousands at Woodstock Square, Feb., 2, 2024, groundhog Woodstock Willie is said to have not seen his shadow, predicting an early spring for the area. The annual...

Lance Nacio, of Anne Marie Shrimp in Montegut, Louisiana, top, and deckhand Jorge Portillo travel past a dock and fishing camp damaged by Hurricane Ida as they harvest traps for blue crab in the Barataria Basin between the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers on Jan. 23, 2024. The area is affected by runoff from the Mississippi watershed including Midwest states like Illinois.

Photos: Crab fishing in the Mississippi River Basin

February 5, 2024 at 10:41 a.m.

Lance Nacio, of Anne Marie Shrimp in Montegut, Louisiana, top, and deckhand Jorge Portillo travel past a dock and fishing camp damaged by Hurricane Ida as they harvest traps for...

Cars are stuck in the roadway and covered with snow on Springfield Street at Augusta Blvd., after a major blizzard hit Chicago in January 1979.

Vintage Chicago Tribune: The blizzard of 1979 — and how it propelled Jane Byrne into the mayor’s office

December 11, 2025 at 10:43 a.m.

Forty five years ago this week, Chicagoans were already weary from winter’s weather — and didn’t know a crippling blizzard was on its way.

Michael Lightfoot with his niece Karen McClain after being released from prison in Danville when his sentence was commuted on Oct. 30, 2023. Lightfoot was serving a life sentence for 6 grams of cocaine a three strikes law that has since been reformed.

The 40 best photos in the month of October by Chicago Tribune photographers

November 2, 2023 at 9:26 p.m.

Michael Lightfoot with his niece Karen McClain after being released from prison in Danville when his sentence was commuted on Oct. 30, 2023. Lightfoot was serving a life sentence for...

Play-by-play broadcaster Jason Benetti in the television booth before the start of the game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on June 14, 2016.

Photos: Former White Sox play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti

November 10, 2023 at 3:32 p.m.

Play-by-play broadcaster Jason Benetti in the television booth before the start of the game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on...

Migrants wait with their packed up belongings to be relocated from outside of the 8th District Chicago Police Department in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on Nov. 21, 2023.

Photos: Migrants take shelter from the cold

November 22, 2023 at 9:56 p.m.

Migrants wait with their packed up belongings to be relocated from outside of the 8th District Chicago Police Department in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on Nov. 21, 2023. Migrants wait...

Law enforcement officers are seen outside the home of suspect Robert Card's father and brother in Bowdoin, Maine on Oct. 26, 2023, in the aftermath of a mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine. Hundreds of police in the US state of Maine hunted October 26, 2023 for a fugitive gunman who killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar. Police named the suspect as 40-year-old Robert Card -- seen in surveillance footage pointing a semi-automatic rifle as he walked into the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley.

Photos: At least 18 dead in Maine mass shootings

October 27, 2023 at 12:58 p.m.

Law enforcement officers are seen outside the home of suspect Robert Card's father and brother in Bowdoin, Maine on Oct. 26, 2023, in the aftermath of a mass shootings in...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during a Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing, Oct. 31, 2017m on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has died. She was 90.

Photos: Sen. Dianne Feinstein through the years

September 29, 2023 at 6:56 p.m.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during a Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing, Oct. 31, 2017m on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein...

Volunteer firefighter Jeff McCloskey, right, yells to other firefighters as they test hoses and engine pumps in the Dalzell Grade School parking lot in Dalzell, Illinois, on Aug. 31, 2023.

Photos: Volunteer fire departments struggle to maintain staffing

September 22, 2023 at 7:03 p.m.

Volunteer firefighter Jeff McCloskey, right, yells to other firefighters as they test hoses and engine pumps in the Dalzell Grade School parking lot in Dalzell, Illinois, on Aug. 31, 2023....

A participant who identified himself as "Long Hair" catches a carp with a scoop net on the Illinois River during the Original Redneck Fishing Tournament on Aug. 4, 2023, near Bath, Illinois. The annual tournament to catch invasive carp was founded by Betty DeFord in 2005. DeFord's goal was to encourage netting and removing the fish and to raise funds to help veterans.

The 50 best photos in the month of August by Chicago Tribune photographers

September 6, 2023 at 3:51 a.m.

A participant who identified himself as "Long Hair" catches a carp with a scoop net on the Illinois River during the Original Redneck Fishing Tournament on Aug. 4, 2023, near...

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