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Kati Kokal
@katikokal
Education reporter at @WUWMRadio 🌞 WI native, Mizzou grad, with stops in SC snd South Florida along the way
Milwaukee, WI
katherinekokal.wordpress.com
Joined September 2011
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    Kati Kokal
    @katikokal
    Sep 27, 2022
    The six horsemen of an impending hurricane, in order of severity: - Publix begins selling hurricane cakes - Midwestern family starts checking in - Disney closes - Editor asks you to check out plywood supply at Home Depot - Jim Cantore arrives - Waffle House closes
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    Kati Kokal
    @katikokal
    Oct 12, 2022
    In a meeting that lasted less than 15 minutes this afternoon, @gannett announced mandatory furloughs at the holidays, buyouts, freezing our 401(k) match and stopping hiring. No details. Very little info on timeline. I think most of us are either speechless or swearing rn.
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    Kati Kokal
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    Jan 8, 2023
    It's Sunday. The first one of 2023! Time to re-share my "templates" folder with y'all so you can organize your life and stop forgetting when you need an oil change or what the name of that really good recipe was.
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    Kati Kokal
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    Feb 2, 2023
    Ok here's a long thread (with many links!) about Florida student athletes being asked to report their menstrual history. Many national outlets have picked this up, so I want to bring you along on the ~journey~ that has been reporting this story.
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    Florida student athletes asked to report their menstrual history. Here are the questions
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    Kati Kokal
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    Feb 14, 2023
    It’s Valentine’s Day. Which means it is the anniversary of the only time I ever witnessed a failed proposal as a server at a restaurant. Buckle up.
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    Kati Kokal
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    Aug 12, 2022
    If you're a @gannett employee impacted by layoffs, there is a team that's working on community aid needs (networking, food assistance, insurance needs, etc) regardless of shop union status. DM me for details.
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    Kati Kokal
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    Jul 14, 2023
    My newspaper editor:
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    Sara Bushway
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    Jul 12, 2023
    I get tired of reading "said." I get tired of writing "said." If the book is full of nothing but "said," it makes me feel like the writer is unimaginative, and I might have trouble finishing their story. Just saying. There are so many words out there. Use more of them.
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    Kati Kokal
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    Dec 21, 2022
    ok who all got the John Cena follow and why did this happen to us
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    Kati Kokal
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    Feb 2, 2023
    Replying to @katikokal
    I'm not saying this to garner sympathy. I'm saying it to show how important it is that newsrooms commit to this kind of work and how much coordination goes into reporting something that people clearly do not want reported. Support local news, y'all!
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    Kati Kokal
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    Mar 3, 2021
    *whispers* South Carolina never had a statewide mask mandate
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    Kati Kokal
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    Dec 2, 2022
    🧵 JOBS THREAD 🧵 If your newsroom (or adjacent media company) is hiring, please reply to this tweet. We’re collecting opportunities for an online job board for folks who were caught up in #GannettLayoffs. Include city/ state and links pls. RT to spread the word!
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    Kati Kokal
    @katikokal
    Apr 4, 2023
    A note to every journalist who hyperlinks the state statute/law/bill they're writing about: ily
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    Kati Kokal
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    Sep 13, 2023
    I know everyone is dunking on this, but I’m going to add on. Last year @gannett laid off at least 600 ppl and stopped filling 400 jobs. People had to wait almost 2 months for their severance, which btw was capped at 26 years. Local this, local that. Where are the priorities?
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    Sep 12, 2023
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    Kati Kokal
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    Feb 2, 2023
    Replying to @katikokal
    I'm laying this out here bc this reporting (and this story blowing up) would not have been possible without buy in and valuing of local watchdog reporting by my editors. The bare minimum that the national news outlets covering this can do is to attribute + link to the @pbpost.
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