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:

• Collier school board accepts settlement with Baker
  May 15, 2008
• Collier school district, former superintendent close to $555,000 settlement
  May 7, 2008
• Collier school district superintendent hiring some familiar faces
  April 24, 2008
• Collier County School Board candidate wants to put distict "back on track"
  April 18, 2008
• Collier teacher salary hearing may get delayed again
  April 16, 2008
• No settlement reached in Baker lawsuit
  April 15, 2008
• Mediation leads to no settlement between Baker, School Board
  April 2, 2008
• Collier school district agrees to change date of salary hearing so teachers can attend
  April 2, 2008
• Foundation to study how to improve public education in Collier
  March 22, 2008
• Collier school district settles racial discrimination lawsuit
  March 21, 2008
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