Kat Stromquist
Senior Reporter Covering Justice, Incarceration and Gun Violence, Gulf States NewsroomKat Stromquist is a senior reporter covering justice, incarceration and gun violence for the Gulf States Newsroom, a regional collaboration among NPR and public radio stations in Alabama (WBHM), Mississippi (MPB) and Louisiana (WWNO and WRKF). Her reporting looks beyond crime statistics and law enforcement narratives to focus on communities at the heart of these issues.
Previously, Kat reported for the statewide Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper, where her investigations focused on institutional care and disability issues. She also has worked at the Gambit alt-weekly newspaper in New Orleans and as a public defense investigator.
Kat was raised in suburban Chicago but is a longtime resident of her adopted hometown, New Orleans. She enjoys reading, cooking and writing poetry.
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The report’s findings help shed light on the use of criminal laws informed by the idea of fetal personhood, a legal premise gaining traction in the South. -
As the city inches closer to its homicide record, community members are trying to address a sense of fatalism and lack of opportunity felt by some young men. -
A lawsuit objecting to conditions on the Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line" is among at least three legal challenges percolating in the Gulf South. -
A proposal to wind down the New Orleans Police Department’s longstanding federal consent decree is drawing pushback from critics who say the department needs ongoing oversight. -
As Alabama sets the course for the controversial execution method’s future, activists and legal scholars say eyewitness accounts could halt widespread adoption. -
A new report shows that more people with past felony convictions can vote in this election cycle than previous ones, but millions remain disenfranchised. -
A campaign to free five women, known as the "Mississippi Five," shows how prison populations throughout the region are aging. -
The traveling exhibit includes artwork, letters and audio from people incarcerated on Alabama’s death row. -
Legal observers are trained to painstakingly document everything that happens at a protest. They've become more crucial as demonstrations have ramped up. -
Winn sat down with the Gulf States Newsroom's Kat Stromquist to discuss what causes Shreveport to struggle with shootings, and what could help.
