KATHERINE LEWIS

Staff Writer

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Beat: K-12 education reporter

Started at the Daily News: Sept. 30, 2005

Bio: After spending the majority of her first 26-years as a Hoosier, Katherine felt she needed to see more than the corn and Colts that make up the Indiana landscape. Moving to Southwest Florida in September 2005 gave her that opportunity. However, the move will never shake her deep love for the Indiana University men's basketball team, music by Hoosier greats David Lee Roth and John Cougar Mellencamp, or the deep fried pickles only available at the county fair. A 2001 Indiana University graduate who majored in journalism and political science, Kate -- as her friends call her -- knew she wanted to be a journalist from the moment her father put a copy of "All the President's Men" in her hands. An avid reader and proud owner of a signed copy of the Michael Chabon classic "Wonder Boys," Kate likes to spend her free time hanging out with friends, traveling to exotic places like Wilmington, Del., and watching reruns of "Dawson's Creek."

Recent stories:

• Another member of Lely High ‘family’ dies
  July 2, 2008
• New idea for controversial Tract K: Solar panels to power schools
  June 28, 2008
• Collier school board candidate for District 2 drops out of race
  June 24, 2008
• Collier not only school district facing difficult choices, including outsourcing
  June 22, 2008
• Collier school board decides not to decide on outsourcing custodians
  June 19, 2008
• Williams named superintendent of Virginia school district
  June 10, 2008
• Collier students improve on FCAT but many behind state peers
  June 10, 2008
• Another candidate files for Collier School Board
  June 9, 2008
• Collier School Board candidate leaves race
  June 9, 2008
• Teamsters’ probe reveals possible issues with outsourcing Collier schools’ custodians
  May 29, 2008
• See full list of stories by KATHERINE LEWIS...