Robby Korth covers education for StateImpact Oklahoma. He grew up in Ardmore, Oklahoma and Fayetteville, Arkansas and is a graduate of the University of Nebraska. Before working at StateImpact, he covered higher education for The Roanoke Times newspaper in Virginia.
Kateleigh Mills returned to KOSU in December 2019 as Special Projects Reporter, following a year-long stint at KWBU in Waco, Texas.
Previously, Mills was a news assistant and All Things Considered host for KOSU from March to December 2018.
She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Central Oklahoma in December 2017. While studying journalism and professional media, she worked with the UCO’s journalism staff to reinvent the campus newspaper for a more multimedia purpose – joining with the campus radio and television stations for news updates and hosting public forums with campus groups.
The Edmond-raised reporter was editor-in- chief of her college newspaper when it won the Society of Professional Journalism award for Best Newspaper in Category B. Mills also received the Oklahoma Press Association Award for ‘Outstanding Promise in Journalism’ at the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame event in 2017. She is also the Oklahoma Collegiate Media Association's recipient for 'College Newspaper Journalist of the Year' in 2017.
StateImpact’s Robby Korth and OPMX/KOSU’s Kateleigh Mills spoke with an Oklahoma City metro teacher named Anna about her experience catching the coronavirus and missing more than a week of classes.
Anna struggled with the disease, but credits her vaccination with keeping her from getting more sick.
StateImpact isn’t disclosing Anna’s last name or school due to her concerns about it affecting her job.
StateImpact is tracking the spread of covid in schools. More than 45 schools have had to close their doors or pivot to distance learning because of the coronavirus. If you know of a school that has closed or pivoted to distance learning that isn’t on the list, please contact reporter Robby Korth at robby@stateimpactoklahoma.org.
