Andrea Darlas is a nationally recognized, award-winning
radio news anchor/reporter/talk show host and an
Emmy-nominated television news reporter based in Chicago.
She’s currently the Senior Director of Constituent
Engagement for University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
based at the Illini Center in Chicago.
Having spent 30 years in the Chicago media, Darlas was
a news anchor and reporter at WGN Radio for more than
22 years and a news and features reporter for WGN-TV
for nearly a decade. She can be heard hosting at various
radio stations throughout Chicago. Andrea is a also a
correspondent for the national syndicated home
improvement show “House Smarts” and a voice-over
artist for various TV and radio shows across the country.
During her tenure at WGN, Andrea won more than 30
awards from the Illinois Associated Press and the Illinois
Broadcasters’ Association for anchoring, reporting,
breaking news coverage and investigative series reports.
Andrea has six IBA Silver Dome Awards for “Best
Newscast”, two IBA’s for “Best Reporter”, and two
prestigious Peter Lisagor Awards – one for TV and one
for radio.
A two-time Emmy award nominee, Andrea has also won
two Edward R. Murrow Awards for journalism excellence
and a top national award from the American Academy of
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology for her ground breaking
series on food allergies.
She was also honored with the “Diogenes Award” for
excellence in media by the Better Business Bureau of
Chicago and Northern Illinois in 2016.