Geoff Dougherty is the founding editor of ChiTownDailyNews.org and the CEO of its parent company, PublicMedia, Inc. He was an investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune, and served in similar roles at the Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times. He has 14 years of journalism experience and has won numerous awards for his work. While at the Miami Herald, Dougherty played a key role in the newspaper’s effort to review, count and analyze discarded ballots from the 2000 presidential election. He is a graduate of Colorado College.