Cam Rodriguez

Cam Rodriguez is a data and graphics reporter at Chalkbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering education. In the past, Cam has worked as a Dow Jones News Fund intern with USA Today's national data team, as a Hearken ElectionSOS data fellow with the Detroit Free Press during the 2020 election cycle, and chased down historical oddities with WTTW, Chicago's PBS station, in addition to freelancing with Voice of San Diego and South Side Weekly.

A recent grad school grad, Cam previously was managing editor at DePaul University's award-winning, community-centered magazine, 14 East, helped to develop hyperlocal news solutions for DePaul and Chicago, and studied data journalism, community engagement reporting and geography.