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Home > News Articles > Journalism and Media Production > Running to Rio

Running to Rio

By chris.cooney
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A story developed by Murrow Journalism students and published on Medium. The story originated as an assignment in Ben Shors’ Reporting class during the Spring 2016 semester.

By Chad Sokol, Lucas Catunda, Like Leenknechi, Russ Walsh, and Shane Richard

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