Atavia Reed

Atavia covers Englewood, Auburn Gresham and Chatham for Block Club Chicago. She previously worked as a suburban reporter at the Chicago Tribune, covering Highland Park and Deerfield, Illinois. Atavia’s work has appeared in USA TODAY, VICE, the Chicago Reader, The A.V. Club, South Side Weekly and more. She studied journalism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and minored in creative writing.