Rae Deng
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(they/she)
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Snopes.com,
MSN,
MSN Ireland,
Yahoo Entertainment,
Yahoo Life,
HuffPost,
Yahoo Canada,
Yahoo News,
Yahoo News UK,
Yahoo Singapore,
Yahoo Finance
and
Covers:
Race and equity, social justice, public policy, immigration, education, public health, criminal justice, local, state and national politics
Doesn't Cover:
I cover pretty much everything at Snopes, as long as there's an online rumor about it.
fact-checking @snopes | past: statehouse reporting @wastatestandard, @MNReformer, @USATODAY Ohio | they/she
Rae Deng’s Biography
Rae Deng joined Snopes in late 2024 after covering state legislatures across the country, most recently at the Washington State Standard, where they reported on topics like K-12 education, public health, immigration and criminal justice. They have also covered statehouse policy and politics in Minnesota and Ohio. Their freelance reporting, primarily focused on race, equity, disability and identity, has appeared in HuffPost, STAT News and other publications. Rae lives in Tacoma, Washington, with their partner and a very stinky cat. In their free time, they enjoy throwing pots at a local ceramics studio, reading cozy fantasy books and playing open-world video games. Rae previously published under the byline "Grace Deng."