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Jared Rutecki
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Investigative Reporter and Producer, WTTW-TV (Chicago, IL)
Chicago
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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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Content
The Untold Impact of Nonviolence Work: How Success Gets Measured in Chicago’s Hardest-Hit Neighborhoods | FIRSTHAND: Peacekeepers
By Jared Rutecki Verified| WTTW-TV (Chicago, IL) Verified When a shooting rattles a neighborhood in Chicago, headlines focus on the tragedy. But community violence specialists concentrate on something else: making sure the next conflict in the area doesn’t escalate, thanks to careful intervention work that researchers say is showing measurable, if nuanced, signs of success. Chicago is the focus of commentators across the country who draw attention to violent crime that touches all corners of the city.
Mayor Brandon Johnson Acknowledges He Has Been Unable to Reign in CPD Overtime Spending as Spending Blows Past Budget
By Jared Rutecki Verified| Chicago Tonight (Podcast)@ This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website, to store user preferences and provide them with content and advertisements that are relevant to you.
By Jared Rutecki Verified| Chicago Tonight (Podcast)@ (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)The city of Chicago spent $129 million on overtime for members of the Chicago Police Department during the first six months of 2024 — nearly 30% more than the Chicago City Council set aside for police overtime as part of the city’s 2024 budget, according to records obtained by WTTW News.
Company Info
WTTW-TV (Chicago, IL)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
+1 773-569-1863