rae deng
hi, i'm rae (they/she), a politics and government reporter with snopes.com. my work is under the byline grace deng.previously, i was with washington state standard, a non-profit publication under states newsroom that launched may 2023. i covered how criminal justice, public health and k-12 education issues intersected with state policy and politics.i see journalism as a way to uplift the stories, work and voices of people most impacted by oppressive systems and structures. as a fact-checker, i extend these values into my work, as i focus on improving accessibility to the political process and expanding media literacy to help develop a more informed public.i'm based in tacoma, washington. i also have experience covering statehouses for the minnesota reformer and the usa today ohio network, which includes the columbus dispatch, the cincinnati enquirer and the akron-beacon journal.
a few stories i'm proud of:lobbying the legislature from behind barsfamilies with transgender children seek refuge in minnesotaimmunocompromised minnesotans struggle with mental toll of isolation three years into the pandemicannual march for missing and murdered indigenous relatives draw hundreds'we've been desensitized:' at HBCUs, life goes on amid bomb threatsimmigrants and refugees are spending decades in prison only to be released into ice custodyafghan refugees, grappling with grief and trauma, face barriers to mental health care