DeKALB – Kate Schott, managing editor of the Daily Chronicle, has resigned from the company to join a Chicago-area media company.

Schott has been with the Daily Chronicle since July 2007, when she joined the staff as city editor. In 2010, Schott was promoted to news editor, and she was named managing editor in 2012. She recently served as interim editor.

Before coming to Shaw Media, the parent company of the Daily Chronicle, Schott graduated from Winona State University in 2001 and earned a master’s degree from University of Illinois Springfield in 2002.