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Jared Rutecki

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As seen in: WTTW-TV (Chicago, IL), Chicago Tribune, U.S. News and World Report, Chicago Sun-Times, The Charlotte Observer, The Sacramento Bee, Daily Herald, Lexington Herald-Leader, WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL), Crain's Chicago Business, The Columbus Dispatch and
Covers:  Chicago and Illinois Government. Police. Public Safety. Criminal Justice. Pensions. Public Finance. Health. Education.
Investigative Reporter, @wttw News, Chicago Tonight. Covers public safety, legal system, pensions, etc. Prolific FOIA filer. He/him.
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Jared Rutecki’s Biography

Jared Rutecki is an Investigative/Special Projects Reporter for WTTW News/PBS Chicago. He creates stories on state and local government matters, including topics such as pensions, payroll and crime.

He was previously an investigative reporter and data coordinator with the BGA/Illinois Answers Project.

Jared was an Annenberg National Health Fellow at the University of Southern California in 2021.

As a web producer at The Columbus Dispatch for nine years, he produced video, wrote stories, developed applications and managed the content for a variety of sites with an emphasis on breaking news. He began his career as a web producer at ThisWeek News, managing content for 24 community newspapers.

He received his B.A. in journalism from Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio and his M.S. in journalism with an emphasis in new media from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.

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