Anitra Schulte

Anitra joined HC in the fall of 2009. Previously, Anitra was a public relations specialist at Chicago Public Schools. From 2007 to 2009, Anitra booked interviews, wrote speeches and managed press conferences for then-CEO and now U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Anitra also managed CPS logistics for Chicago Public Radio's "Fifty-Fifty" drop-out prevention series, developed media plans for CPS and its corporate and non-profit partners, responded to daily media queries and crisis situations, and pitched and placed stories with top national and local television, print, radio and online media.

From 2004 to 2007, Anitra was a reporter for the Sun-Times News Group and Pioneer Press, covering crime, politics, development and features, and contributing magazine-style pieces for company-wide publication. As a reporter for The Kansas City Star, from 2002 to 2004, Anitra won two first-place Heart of America Awards (SPJ) for feature and profile writing. She also served as an editorial intern for Wedding and Home Magazine in London, England, in 2001. Anitra graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2002.