Lynn Sweet Net Worth, Wiki, Age, Husband, Education, Chicago Sun Times

Name Lynn Sweet

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB May 15, 1951. As of 2025, she is around 74 years old.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Lynn Sweet is an American journalist. She is well-known as the Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times in Washington, D. C.

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

Lynn Sweet was born on May 15, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, to parents Ione Dorothy Sweet (née Dover, mother), an accountant, and Jason Sweet (father).
She has a sister, Neesa Sweet.
Lynn grew up in Chicago, a city she still loves. She only left it to move to Washington D. C., in 1993, where she still resides.
She attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she initially intended to study a degree in English.
Lynn then relocated to Berkeley, California, where she attended the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). Here, she earned an undergraduate degree in Political Science.
Following her stints at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and UC Berkeley, Lynn attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in Evanston, Illinois. She graduated in 1975 with a Master’s degree in Journalism.

Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :

Lynn worked various retail jobs in Oakland, California, after graduating from UC Berkeley.
After graduating with her Master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Lynn started working for The Independent Register, a weekly newspaper located in Libertyville, Illinois. At the same time, she did freelance work for Time Magazine.
Soon after that, Lynn slipped into the ranks of the Chicago Sun-Times as a General Assignment Reporter. She was thrust amid the gritty world of Chicago politics, covering the Daley Center courts, as well as the Cook County government.

Upon moving to Washington, D. C., Lynn became the sole person embodying the Washington bureau of the Chicago Sun-Times.
In 1995, she was one of the first to break stories on the level of access that then-President Bill Clinton’s White House allowed to those who donated generously to his campaign. This donor reward initiative was wielded by the Democratic National Committee.
Sweet continues to be the Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times, as well as a sought-after columnist.

Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :

Lynn was advised to attend Medill School of Journalism by her close friend, Lenny. He also told her that she would be accepted, that she would get financial aid, and that she would have a job afterward. His predictions turned out to be absolutely true! In 2006, she even became part of the Medill Hall of Achievement.
Sweet is a member of the Gridiron Club and Foundation in Washington D. C. a prestigious and distinguished journalistic organization.
She took her sister Neesa along to one of the last events hosted by then-President Obama during Christmastime 2016.
Lynn was also one of the journalists who accompanied Former President Barack Obama on his trip to Kenya in 2006.
She is a sought-after contributor on many news shows and has frequently appeared on MSNBC.
She is also part of the Journalism and Women Symposium.

3 thoughts on “Lynn Sweet Net Worth, Wiki, Age, Husband, Education, Chicago Sun Times”

Lea Hope Becker Jun 29, 2023 at 2:02 pm


I was a friend of Lynn Sweet’s mother. Ione and Jason were at my wedding to Wayne Becker. I used to visit Ione and we would talk in her kitchen about life at Bernstein and Bank, where I was hired as a tax accountant. Howard Bernstein (no relation to me when my name was Lea Bernstein) was our boss and Ione Sweet was a trusted bookkeeper. When my brother was killed in an accident in 1979, I was so depressed that I had trouble doing my work projects. Ione Sweet helped me get up off my feet and I recovered. I’d love to share this story with Lynn. I think she might remember me as Lea Bernstein.
Jim Johnson Dec 16, 2022 at 4:25 pm


Lynn’s article said that Kinzinger and Chaney were the only two republicans willing to serve on the j6 committee. In fact, there were others but they were rejected.
Lin Ewing Sep 1, 2021 at 8:46 pm


Lynn, did you live in Morton Grove, IL during your childhood?