Deborah Ziff Soriano

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Deborah Ziff Soriano is a Chicago area-based freelance reporter covering higher education. Deborah has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She has contributed to the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Booth Magazine and AAA Magazine. A former staff reporter at the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, Wisconsin, she was part of a team recognized as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting in 2012. You can find her on Twitter @deborahziff.

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