Schultz, after a stint at the City News Bureau of Chicago, she joined the Chicago Sun-Times in 1984,[7] where for 14 years she covered a wide range of stories,[2] earning a number of awards including a Pulitzer Prize nomination.

[8] During her tenure, the University of Missouri School of Journalism named it the top regional parenting magazine in the nation for three consecutive years.

[9] She served as director of advocacy and communication for the Chicago Foundation for Women, where she helped coordinate a year-long statewide anti-violence initiative titled "What Will It Take?".

In 2007, she was recruited to be managing editor for The Daily Journal, which serves the Kankakee region directly south of Chicago, and readership consultant to the Small Newspaper Group, Inc. a chain of newspapers and magazines reaching across much of the Middle West.

She also served as a readership consultant to SNG, Inc., which publishes The Daily Journal and other newspapers in Illinois and Minnesota.

[11] In April 2022, it was announced she named editor of Everston RoundTable, a local non-profit news organization based north of Chicago.