Hugh Dellios

Hugh leads the Foundation’s Journalism program, directing its grantmaking and other support for quality reporting projects about public-policy issues and a healthier, more inclusive media network across the Great Lakes region.

An experienced storyteller and newsroom leader, Hugh has worked in local, national, and international journalism across digital, text, and audio platforms. He previously worked as an editor and correspondent at the Chicago Tribune, based abroad for a decade in Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America before returning to serve as foreign editor. While at the Tribune, he also covered the Illinois statehouse and worked as a Los Angeles-based national correspondent. He later worked as the Chicago news editor for the Associated Press, and as a deputy national editor for NPR, overseeing coverage of the western United States.

Prior to joining Joyce, Dellios was founding editor of Crain’s Forum, an innovative, award-winning journalism project at Crain’s Chicago Business exploring issues and solutions critical to the nation’s third-largest city. He also operated his own media company, focused on storytelling and project management for foundations and others.

Dellios has a degree in history from Lawrence University and has taught international reporting at DePaul University. He is a native of Waukesha, Wisconsin, and he’s especially proud of his family’s immigrant roots.