Tom McNamee, a life-long Chicagoan who came to the Chicago Sun-Times as an intern in 1982, has been Editorial Page Editor since February, 2008. Prior to that, he was a co-creator and editor of the Sun-Times' now-defunct Sunday Controversy section, and he served for several years as the paper's Sunday Editor. For three years, McNamee also wrote a weekly column called "The Chicago Way."

McNamee is co-author, along with Sun-Times Managing Editor Don Hayner, of three books with Chicago themes. They are "Streetwise Chicago," which tells the stories behind the city's street names; "The Stadium," a history of the old Chicago Stadium; and "The Metro Chicago Almanac." He and Hayner hosted a Saturday morning talk show on WLS radio for five years.

McNamee was editor of North Shore magazine for several years, and he is an adjunct professor of journalism at Loyola University.

In 2008, in recognition of his years of work as a reporter covering Chicago's diverse neighborhoods, he was honored with the prestigious Studs Terkel Award by the Community Media Workshop.

McNamee has a bachelor's degree from Northern Illinois University and a master's degree from the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. He lives in Skokie with his wife and three children.