Catherine Edman

Catherine Edman joined the Daily Herald in 1990 as a reporter and spent the next 19 years covering municipal government and education. She won three investigative awards for her work uncovering: a $12 million state project that was built, then never used; abuses at a county jail resulting in costly lawsuits; and in 2005, along with former reporter Jeffrey Gaunt, abuses in the Illinois property tax cap system.

The Daily Herald series on those taxing abuses resulted in changes in the state law in 2006.

Edman transferred to the Niche Publications division of the Daily Herald Media Group in 2009 and she now works as the Cooperative Advertising Manager.

She is a graduate of Southern Illinois University.

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She's learned her fitness lessons well

Apr 27 2012 | 11:27 am - When I look back at the past few months, little went as I expected. Would I have asked for a torn knee ligament? Not hardly. But I learned how committed I am to rebooting my life when I had to work out four times week with an injury instead of...

With trainer's help, reluctant muscles cooperating

Apr 20 2012 | 3:46 pm - Knowing what Im going to be able to do during any given workout is like hitting a moving target. All trainers need to be flexible in their plans with their clients, but trainer George Gersch was certainly handed a...

Choosing good health worth extra time, effort

Apr 08 2012 | 5:37 pm - Think fast: what's the last thing you ate “out” because you were “in a hurry?” Now, do you have any clue how many calories were in that item, or — more importantly — what its nutritional composition was? I'm going...

Enjoying these new bumps along the way

Apr 02 2012 | 10:49 pm - There I was, standing in front of the toaster waiting for it to finish my sprouted spelt bread when I felt it. A rock hard lump. It was early in the morning and I was standing with my hand on my hip.

Fitness ‘marathon' has a few bumps along the way

Mar 26 2012 | 7:44 am - After months of determined progress, I finally hit a proverbial wall. The voices in my head, I know them as discouragement, criticism and defeat, were all arguing loudly and simultaneously. You hear about the experience of "the wall" from marathon...

Keeping those Oreos as memories making a difference

Mar 19 2012 | 6:15 am - You just don't realize the willpower you're called upon to exercise when you're trying to reboot your life until Oreo celebrates its 100th birthday. Seriously. I didn't just make a simple little decision to bypass Oreos. I've chosen another...

She’s counting on balanced workout reps

Mar 12 2012 | 1:55 pm - Our Fittest Loser, Catherine Edman, has a predilection for balance even regarding workouts. She admits she gets nutty when things arent even. If she does three sets of something, they need to be in ascending numbers, or...

Failure, fears not options as she gains strength

Mar 02 2012 | 2:44 pm - Our Fittest Loser, Catherine Edman learns that fears and failures are not options as she navigates her workouts with her trainer despite a few physical limitations.

No pain means a huge gain for journalist

Feb 27 2012 | 2:08 pm - Imagine my surprise when I first got the nutrition plan that the folks at Push Fitness wanted me to follow. The five daily meals didn't trip me up. I'd been a daylong nosher for years. But, they want you to eat foods you can identify — as in...

A physical ‘train wreck' tries to get on track

Feb 20 2012 | 2:21 am - I started working out at Push Fitness last fall, twice a week. Just moving was an improvement I could live with, for the most part. Cutting out pasta? That was painful. When I started to see improvement, in ways I never expected, I volunteered to...

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