Ciku Theuri is a senior editor for Here & Now.
Before coming to WBUR, Ciku was a producer for WGBH's Morning Edition in Boston. She was also a 2016 Roger Sarow Fellow at WFAE in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she produced a local public affairs talk show, Charlotte Talks. Ciku was also an NPR intern before she became a producer at Morning Edition in Washington, D.C.
She has a deep passion for shaping conversation to amplify underrepresented voices, challenge bias and inform listeners about the world they live in.
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