Charmaine Runes
Interactive Newsroom Designer Developer at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolCharmaine Runes is an award-winning interactive newsroom designer-developer and data journalist based in Chicago with eight years of experience translating complex data into clear, engaging storytelling. Currently building interactive projects at The Philadelphia Inquirer, she blends full-stack development, data visualization, and newsroom workflows to deliver timely, user-centered journalism. Her background spans public policy analytics at the University of Chicago and quantitative research at the Urban Institute, giving her a strong foundation in statistical methods and evidence-based reporting. She has partnered with municipal teams in Chicago on public-facing dashboards and FOIA redesigns, demonstrating a knack for making government data accessible. As a former director of factchecking and educator, she pairs technical craft with rigorous editorial standards and team mentorship. Known for merging design sensibility with code, she brings a multidisciplinary approach that uncovers insights readers might otherwise miss.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computational Analysis and Public Policy, Master of Science - MS Computational Analysis and Public Policy at Harris School of Public Policy at the University of ChicagoBachelor of Arts - BA Economics, Bachelor of Arts - BA Economics at Macalester College
English, French
Github Skills (7)
recreate8
twitter6
twitter-api6
parsing5
parser5
spring3
machine-learning2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
crunes/crunes.github.io
Jul 2018 - Jun 2020
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
crunes/nhvrc-mapping
May 2018 - Jun 2020
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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