Laura Gersony

Laura Gersony is a national politics reporter at The Arizona Republic | azcentral.com | La Voz since October 2023 and a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists since January 2020. Experience includes a political unit internship at ABC News from June to September 2023, contributing writing for the Hyde Park Herald covering local politics from March to June 2023, and serving as longform editor and reporter for The Chicago Maroon from September 2019 to April 2023. Additional roles encompass news editor at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago in 2022 and reporting for Circle of Blue from June 2021 to September 2022. Early career experiences involved internships and teaching assistant positions with Fairfax Collegiate, LLC in 2019 and 2020. Gersony holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Environmental Studies from the University of Chicago and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in 2019.