Bio
Lou Carlozo, a Chicago Tribune staffer since 1993, was laid off on April 22, 2009 after a 16-year career there--an irony given that his beat was "The Recession Diaries," a blog giving readers advice and insight on family finances.
Most recently a writer for the Tribune's Smart and Live sections, Carlozo joined Smart in September 2008 after a successful two-year run as creator of "On the Small Screen," a DVD column, and winning the 2007 Bob Briner Impact Award from Biola University in Los Angeles. Between 2002 and 2007, he served as assistant editor and writing coach for the Friday/On the Town entertainment section. He also contributes features for many prominent national publications, including the Christian Century (where he is lead music critic), Downbeat and Paste Magazine. In April 2009, he became the faith and popular culture correspondent for True/Slant, a Forbes-backed Web site.
Carlozo started his DVD column in 2005; within weeks it became a weekly staple of Tribune entertainment coverage. That same year, he won a Tribune Innovator Award for work on the Pope John Paul II "Be Not Afraid" Internet news package. His tenure at the Tribune has featured many challenges: He served as a KidNews staff writer from 1998 to 2000, and has worked for Metro via the city desk and the Tribune's Orland Park and Vernon Hills bureaus. Aside from the above-mentioned sections, his work has appeared in virtually every news section of the paper, from Sports to Perspective.
Carlozo contributed to the Tribune's "Killing Our Children" series in 1993 and served as a coordinator for the 150th anniversary special section in 1997. He also ran the KidNews Songwriting Contests in 1998 and 1999, choosing three winning entries from hundreds of hopefuls--and setting them to music he wrote. In the summer of 2001, he coordinated a special report on digital music that teamed up nearly a dozen Tribune staffers to record a song in the studio. Their performances were electronically enhanced to demonstrate how studio technology is changing in the digital era. This story was picked up by dailies nationwide, including Tribune papers such as the Baltimore Sun.
In his spare time, Lou is a journalism professor at Loyola University, a mentor to young writers and a record producer at his own Carma Studios in Chicago. A studio musician and award-winning songwriter, he's placed songs in independent movies, including the 2008 feature "Eden Court," starring Thomas Lennon ("Reno 911"). He also released a solo album of original music, "Stick Figure Soul," in December 2007.
Carlozo and his wife Amy, a Presbyterian minister, reside a long foul ball from Wrigley Field with their 7-year-old son Christopher, a racecar driver, and their 4-year-old daughter Genevieve, who wants to save the manatees.
Most recently a writer for the Tribune's Smart and Live sections, Carlozo joined Smart in September 2008 after a successful two-year run as creator of "On the Small Screen," a DVD column, and winning the 2007 Bob Briner Impact Award from Biola University in Los Angeles. Between 2002 and 2007, he served as assistant editor and writing coach for the Friday/On the Town entertainment section. He also contributes features for many prominent national publications, including the Christian Century (where he is lead music critic), Downbeat and Paste Magazine. In April 2009, he became the faith and popular culture correspondent for True/Slant, a Forbes-backed Web site.
Carlozo started his DVD column in 2005; within weeks it became a weekly staple of Tribune entertainment coverage. That same year, he won a Tribune Innovator Award for work on the Pope John Paul II "Be Not Afraid" Internet news package. His tenure at the Tribune has featured many challenges: He served as a KidNews staff writer from 1998 to 2000, and has worked for Metro via the city desk and the Tribune's Orland Park and Vernon Hills bureaus. Aside from the above-mentioned sections, his work has appeared in virtually every news section of the paper, from Sports to Perspective.
Carlozo contributed to the Tribune's "Killing Our Children" series in 1993 and served as a coordinator for the 150th anniversary special section in 1997. He also ran the KidNews Songwriting Contests in 1998 and 1999, choosing three winning entries from hundreds of hopefuls--and setting them to music he wrote. In the summer of 2001, he coordinated a special report on digital music that teamed up nearly a dozen Tribune staffers to record a song in the studio. Their performances were electronically enhanced to demonstrate how studio technology is changing in the digital era. This story was picked up by dailies nationwide, including Tribune papers such as the Baltimore Sun.
In his spare time, Lou is a journalism professor at Loyola University, a mentor to young writers and a record producer at his own Carma Studios in Chicago. A studio musician and award-winning songwriter, he's placed songs in independent movies, including the 2008 feature "Eden Court," starring Thomas Lennon ("Reno 911"). He also released a solo album of original music, "Stick Figure Soul," in December 2007.
Carlozo and his wife Amy, a Presbyterian minister, reside a long foul ball from Wrigley Field with their 7-year-old son Christopher, a racecar driver, and their 4-year-old daughter Genevieve, who wants to save the manatees.
