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Author Archives: Mario Koran / Wisconsin WatchReporter

mkoran@wisconsinwatch.org

Mario Koran reports on education, immigration and issues affecting communities of color. Most recently, Koran was a 2021 Knight Wallace reporting fellow at the University of Michigan. Previously, Koran served as a west coast correspondent for the Guardian US and spent five years covering education for Voice of San Diego, where he was named the 2016 reporter of the year by the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists. Since leaving an internship with Wisconsin Watch in 2013, Koran’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Appeal, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, among others. Koran holds a BA in Spanish literature and MA in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Posted inEducation, Government, Justice & Safety

Bomb threats, canceled events, empty schools: How a bullying probe paralyzed a Wisconsin town’s democracy 

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch July 16th, 2022August 5th, 2022 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

The Kiel school district’s closure of a Title IX investigation under pressure sends a ‘chilling message’ expert says. But some residents tell LGBTQ youth: ‘you are not alone.’

Posted inEconomy, Government

‘We’ve got to get gaming out of our blood’: Pandemic shock pushes Wisconsin tribes to diversify economy

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch April 5th, 2022April 20th, 2022 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org
Posted inEconomy, Government

Behind the story: How we reported on challenges and opportunities for Wisconsin’s tribal economies 

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch April 5th, 2022April 5th, 2022 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org
Posted inEducation

Midwestern community colleges work to lure, and keep, students struggling with poverty and other barriers

by Becky Z. Dernbach / Sahan Journal, Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch, Olivia Lewis / Bridge Detroit and Ata Younan / Borderless Magazine December 17th, 2021January 7th, 2022 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org
Posted inEducation

MATC broadens access for Milwaukee students amid historical inequities, dropping enrollment

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch December 15th, 2021February 14th, 2022 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org
Posted inEnvironment, Government, Imperiled Shores

Wisconsin state parks battered as Lake Michigan shrinks beaches, smashes boardwalks

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch December 9th, 2021February 14th, 2022 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org
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by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch November 16th, 2021November 17th, 2021 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Imperiled Shores

Imperiled Shores: A multimedia presentation

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch and Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch November 5th, 2021February 3rd, 2022 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Imperiled Shores

As Lake Michigan shoreline vanishes, Wisconsinites try to fight waves with walls

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch November 4th, 2021February 15th, 2022 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Imperiled Shores

‘The water always wins’: Calls to protect shorelines as volatile Lake Michigan inflicts heavy toll

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch October 30th, 2021February 15th, 2022 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org
Posted inEconomy, Lives on Hold

People with disabilities sue to overturn Wisconsin law denying them unemployment benefits

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch September 7th, 2021September 14th, 2021 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

‘Skipping the middleman’: Defendants faced shifting demands in Outagamie County judge’s one-man drug court

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch, Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch and WPR August 28th, 2021September 29th, 2021 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

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