Andrew Davis

Andrew Davis has taken the long road to journalism. Born in South Carolina, he grew up in Virginia, attending Randolph-Macon College, where he majored in biology. After moving to Chicago in 1989, he pursued a Ph.D. in microbiology but ended up graduating from Northwestern University Law School.

While working at a firm in the mid-‘90s, he started as a freelancer for what was then known as OUTlines, writing columns about the then-new concept of the Internet. Gradually, his duties expanded and, in 2004, he became a full-time reporter for Windy City Times. In 2007, he became managing editor.

Andrew has won awards in journalism, including The Max Robinson Media Communication Award (named after the national ABC News anchor who died of AIDS in 1988) from Let’s Talk, Let’s Test Foundation; other awardees from that ceremony were then-Senator Barack Obama, Fox News Chicago anchor Robin Robinson and AIDS activist Ida Byther-Smith.

Andrew believes that the most rewarding part of his job is informing readers about the diverse people, events and news developments that occur regionally, nationally and even internationally.