Katie Lepri Cohen
Engagement EditorKatie Lepri Cohen is WLRN's engagement editor. Her work involves distributing and amplifying WLRN's journalism on social media, managing WLRN's social accounts, writing and editing newsletters, and leading audience-listening efforts.
Cohen has been recognized nationally for her work on social media covering the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and Hurricane Irma. She was also part of the newsroom team that won a national Edward R. Murrow award in 2021 and 2022. In 2019, Cohen was named digital journalist of the year by the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists.
In 2018, she launched WLRN News' first editorial SMS newsletter, which later became the station's first email newsletter focused on the environment and climate change, and helped start WLRN's Facebook music series Live from the 305. In 2020, she created and launched a second email newsletter covering the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before joining WLRN, Cohen freelanced for The Miami Herald and interned at DecodeDC in Washington D.C. She studied journalism at Florida International University.
She's been with the newsroom since July 2016.
She can be reached at klcohen@wlrnnews.org
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South Floridians share their Zip Odes — five line poems that transform zip code into occasions for place-based, lyrical celebration. Some of the poets will have their work highlighted at the Zip Odes Finale on April 24 at Vizcaya Museum & Gardens. -
WLRN's Field Notes newsletter will feature original stories from Jenny Staletovich’s field reporting. Plus, recaps, with context, of important environment and climate stories of the week. -
On the South Florida Roundup: the spat between Miami Dade County and the state of Florida that’s led to Florida’s re-takeover of our local expressways. -
We want to hear from parents, teachers and students to gauge how South Floridians feel about the state's new rules on teaching Black history. -
South Florida is back at war with an invasive, disease spreading pest: the giant African land snail. The mollusk was detected in Miramar earlier this month. -
O, Miami and WLRN's 2023 Zip Odes Finale was one for the books — more than 300 guests joined us for the return of our in-person poetry reading at Vizcaya Museum & Gardens. -
We're enjoying National Poetry Month with O, Miami and some of our favorite Zip Odes. -
Shortly after Hurricane Nicole made landfall south of Vero Beach, it was downgraded to a tropical storm. -
We want you to help drive our election coverage. We want to hear about why you’re voting — or not voting — and what matters to you. If you would like to tell us what is on your mind, let us know through our survey. -
After Nikolas Cruz was spared the death penalty, family members whose loved ones were violently taken from them at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School said the justice system had failed them. Local and state officials also expressed their disappointment. -
To better understand solar — solar energy, solar panels and solar installation — and the state of solar in Florida, WLRN Sundial is hosting a series of conversations about the subject. -
We’re hoping to interview people who’ve had an abortion, so we can help the public understand more about this medical procedure.
