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WBEZ appoints Runes data/visuals reporter

Charmaine Runes

WBEZ has tapped Charmaine Runes as a data/visuals reporter. She joins from South Side Weekly where she was director of factchecking.

She was also a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Chicago and has also worked as a design and digital services fellow transforming the City of Chicago’s data and digital services.

She has also worked as a research assistant and then as a research analyst at The Urban Institute.

Additionally, she has also interned at Alliance Housing Inc. and International Institute of Minnesota.

Runes is a B.A. from Macalester College and a M.S. from University of Chicago.

Mariam Ahmed

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