Rob Runyan
Rob Runyan is a government and public policy reporter who works across all media platforms. He is from a small suburb north of Detroit, Mich. He attended the University of Detroit Jesuit High School before attending Denison University in Granville, Ohio. In college, Rob worked on all sections of The Denisonian, the campus newspaper, before becoming managing editor his junior year. He found his love for politics in the summer of 2004 when he interned at the Army News Service at the Pentagon. After four years in Ohio--and one semester in Barcelona--Rob graduated magna cum laude with a degree in communication.
After graduation, he served for a year as an alumni volunteer teacher and coach at his high school, while also moderating the student newspaper. Rob has covered several beats including housing, legal issues and, most recently, energy policy in his time at Medill. He has also discovered a zest and talent for multimedia reporting, which he hopes to apply to his future reporting after he receives his MSJ from Medill in December 2008.
For News21 Rob wrote and produced Watergy: Faucets and Fuel Battle for Water and Candidates Calling All Car Makers to Fuel Efficient Future. He also contributed reporting to Green Voter's Guide to 2008 Presidential Election and photographs to Pennies from (a Polluted) Heaven. A special thanks to Alissa Swango and Richard Alvarez for their creative input and technical support on the “Watergy” flash presentation.
News21 stories by Rob Runyan
- Watergy: Faucets and Fuel Battle for Water
- Candidates Calling All Car Makers to Fuel Efficient Future
- Pennies from (a Polluted) Heaven
