Eric Gorski

Eric Gorski is managing editor for local news at Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Chalkbeat is part of Civic News Company, which also includes newsrooms dedicated to coverage of public health and election administration. In his role, Gorski oversees Chalkbeat bureaus in Chicago, Denver, Detroit, and Memphis, and works with other network-level editors to identify storylines and trends across different markets. He currently leads an effort to incorporate use of generative AI into the organization's newsgathering and culture. Gorski previously worked as a reporter for The Associated Press, The Denver Post, The Oregonian, and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He was twice named the Religion Newswriters Association’s National Religion Writer of the Year, and was part of The Denver Post staff’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting. Gorski is a graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism at The University of Kansas. He lives in Denver.