Newsroom Staff: Cheryl Ross

Portsmouth education reporter

Office phone: 757 446 2443

Cheryl Ross has covered Portsmouth Public Schools since June 2007.

Years ago, she interned at the Pilot before traveling to Florida, where she wrote about a small town city council. She then moved on to Chicago, where she wrote about topics as diverse as the world of the Chicago Housing Authority’s economic development director and that of one of Patti LaBelle’s biggest fans.

In Portsmouth, Ross’ work has focused on the School Board, the school division’s attempts to get all its schools accredited, and the efforts of individuals to help change for the better the lives of the city’s students.

Ross is a graduate of Norfolk’s Lake Taylor High School and she earned her bachelors and masters degrees from Northwestern University.