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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New Orleans’ vaccine mandate, which requires patrons of restaurants and events to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 PCR test from the last 72 hours, will expand to children as young as 5 years old starting in 2022, officials said Thursday.
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Election Day is here, and up for vote are several elections that went to a runoff after November's elections and two millages.
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Here are the latest omicron variant case numbers in Louisiana.
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As dense fog and low visibility continue to contribute to dozens of flight delays and highway traffic, forecasters warn that seasonal weather patterns could leave south Louisiana blanketed in fog most mornings for the rest of the week.
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A student at Tulane University has reportedly tested positive for the omicron variant of COVID-19, according to a statement released by campus officials Monday afternoon.
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The first probable COVID-19 case of the omicron variant in Louisiana was confirmed by state officials Friday evening, according to a tweet from Louisiana Department of Health.
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Hundreds of demonstrators for and against abortion rights protested in front of the U.S. Supreme Court steps in Washington D.C. as nine justices heard arguments for a Mississippi abortion ban case that could have monumental stakes for the Gulf South and the nation.
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a suit stemming from a 15-week abortion ban passed in Mississippi in 2018. The case will be streamed at 9 a.m. CT.
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Election Day is here, and up for vote are several important municipal elections in New Orleans and a handful of statewide amendments.
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A week after federal health officials approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11, New Orleans schools are making the shot available to its younger students with multiple events hosted through November.