Steve Daley (1948 – October 2, 2011) was a newspaper journalist, best known for his work as political correspondent for the Chicago Tribune between 1988 and 1996.

Daley was born in Corning, New York, in 1948.^[1] He attended Corning Community College before moving on to study at American University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a BA in political science.^[2]

Following his university graduation, Daley worked as a freelance journalist, supplementing his income by taking bartending work. Whilst working in a restaurant, "The Class Reunion" that was popular with Washington's politicians and journalists, Daley met and struck up a friendship with David Burgin who recruited him to be a sports reporter for the Palo Alto Times.^[1]

Daley left California in 1981 having been offered a role as a sports reporter on the Chicago Tribune, a role which also saw him provide sports reports for WGN Radio.^[2] During his time at the Tribune, he also worked as a columnist and television critic before being promoted to be national political correspondent in 1988.^[1]

Daley spent seven years as part of the White House Press Corps before leaving to join public relations company Porter Novelli in 1996.^[1] After thirteen years there, during which he also moonlighted for a short period as an adjunct professor on the Master's course in Communications at Johns Hopkins University,^[2] he left to found his own PR firm.^[1]

Additional journalism work included (amongst others) contributions to the Washingtonian and the San Francisco Chronicle and the newspaper based comic strip Shoe.^[2]

Daley married his wife, Jane, in 1992.^[1] He died on October 2, 2011, in Arlington, Virginia.^[1]