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Natasha Korecki is an American journalist. In 2015, she was hired by POLITICO to report on Illinois policy and politics. She helped launch POLITICO's Illinois Playbook, a daily tipsheet she authors each morning, Monday through Friday. She formerly covered politics for the Chicago Sun-Times.
In April 2016, Korecki was named the 2015 Illinois Journalist of the Year by Northern Illinois University's Department of Communications.
Before taking on the political beat at the Sun-Times, she covered federal court for eight years, including the trials of two former governors -- Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan.
After graduating the University of Illinois, she worked for seven years as a reporter and legal affairs writer for theDaily Herald. Beginnining in 2004, she covered federal courts for the Chicago Sun-Times. She covered high-profile trials of Rod Blagojevich, George Ryan, Tony Rezko, Conrad Black, Matthew F. Hale, and others. The "Blago" affair is covered in her 2012 book, Only in Chicago. In July 2012 she was reassigned to cover politics, succeeding Abdon Pallasch.