Katelyn Umholtz
Digital Editor, WWNO & WRKFKatelyn Umholtz is the digital editor for WWNO and WRKF and is based out of New Orleans.
She has been at both stations since 2021, and in that time, helped produce award-winning journalism, particularly during Hurricane Ida. Katelyn has also helped grow the stations' newsletters, social media presence and has made digital coverage a newsroom priority.
Before joining the team, Katelyn was a digital producer/editor and breaking news reporter at the Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate for two years. In that time, she covered the Hard Rock Hotel collapse, for which she and a team of reporters earned a Green Eyeshade Award for disaster reporting, the COVID-19 pandemic, Mardi Gras and multiple hurricanes. She was an education reporter for the Valdosta Daily Times in Valdosta, Georgia, before moving to New Orleans.
Katelyn is from Hinesville, Georgia, and received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Georgia. She loves all things pop culture, trying new restaurants in New Orleans and spoiling her two cats, Boo and Cooper.
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Gunshots brought one of New Orleans’ major Mardi Gras parades to a halt late Sunday night, with one dead and four hospitalized, according to New Orleans police. -
A combination of strong winds and heavy rain could produce severe weather conditions, including tornadoes, in much of southeast Louisiana on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, according to National Weather Service forecasters.
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At least 3 people are dead in Louisiana after tornadoes touched down across the state Wednesday. -
President Emmanuel Macron of France, French First Lady Brigitte Macron and other members of the French delegation will touch down in New Orleans for a day of French Quarter touring, climate talks, and celebrating its shared Francophone culture in Louisiana on Friday afternoon. -
Tropical Storm Ian formed in the Caribbean late Friday, one that could reach Category 4 hurricane strength as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico toward the Gulf Coast, National Hurricane Center forecasters said. -
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Widespread showers are expected through Thursday morning in Baton Rouge and parts of metro New Orleans. -
The Louisiana Department of Health will no longer require the state’s day care, K-12 and college students to get the COVID-19 vaccine starting in the 2022-23 school year, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced during a radio program on Wednesday. -
A tornado was reportedly spotted in Lacombe on Wednesday evening, just a week after another tornado touched down in that part of Lacombe during a severe weather event. -
Another line of thunderstorms is expected to hit South Louisiana this Wednesday, just over a week after an EF-3 tornado touched down in New Orleans and wreaked havoc on the town of Arabi in St. Bernard Parish.
