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Becky V. currently serves as the Chicago Bureau Chief at Chalkbeat since June 2022. Prior experience includes roles as a Political Reporter and Education Reporter at Chicago Public Media from March 2012 to June 2022, and as an Education Reporter for the Chicago News Cooperative between March 2011 and March 2012. Earlier positions include reporting at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, working as an Online Assistant at The Capital Times, and serving as an Editorial Intern at Madison Magazine. Becky V. also held editorial roles at Curb Magazine and The Badger Herald, where duties included Editor in Chief and Online Content Editor. Academic credentials include a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, obtained in 2010.
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