Chicago Tribune reporter Gregory Pratt is the author of The City Is Up for Grabs: How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis. A Chicago native, he covered every day of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s term and was deeply sourced in City Hall, as well as in the other offices of local, state, and national politics that shaped the mayor’s administration. Pratt has won several national awards for his political and investigative reporting and he is a regular commentator about the city on local and national media, including appearances on CNN and NPR.
