Katherine Kokal covers education for The Palm Beach Post and received the 2023 Lucy Morgan Award for In-Depth reporting from the Florida Press Club. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and worked in South Carolina before joining The Palm Beach Post. She is a proud union co-chair of the Palm Beach News Guild.
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