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Kaitlin Schroeder
Digital Editor/Deputy News DirectorKaitlin Schroeder (she/her) is the new deputy news director and digital editor at WYSO Public Radio.
Schroeder joins WYSO with 10 years of experience in local news. This includes working as a health care reporter for Dayton Daily News; a real estate, retail and restaurants reporter for Dayton Business Journal; and a general assignment reporter for the Morning Sentinel in central Maine. After college, she also interned as a reporter at Kosova Live in Pristina, Kosovo.
She was recognized by the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors as Best Business Reporter in 2018 and 2019.
Most recently, Schroeder worked as the marketing and communications manager for YWCA Dayton, which is dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women and operates Montgomery and Preble counties’ only domestic violence shelters.
In January, Schroeder started a term as a director on the board of HUES Women’s Health Advocacy Institute, which envisions a community capable of addressing the interpersonal and systemic barriers that Black, Indigenous and Women of Color face navigating health and wellness systems.
Schroeder is involved with House of Bread and the community garden in the Jane Reece neighborhood in Dayton, where she lives with her husband and one year old son.
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Beyond books, Piqua Public Library patrons can check out a telescope.
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National HIV Testing Day in June 27. Free testing is available around Ohio to mark the day.
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Starting Sunday, June 16, the weather forecast calls for an extended period of 90 degree plus days in the Dayton-area and much of the Midwest.
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The federal grand jury has indicted the Thug Riders Motorcycle Club, accusing local members of a racketeering conspiracy, including murder, arson, assault, extortion.
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This includes a show at the Wright State University Nutter Center in July.
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Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley, who died in 2002, commanded the first battalion of Black women to serve overseas during World War II. On June 12, there will be a renaming ceremony at the Dayton VA.
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Statewide, around 32,000 Ohio veterans have now been granted VA medical benefits as part of the PACT Act.
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The settlement requires Norfolk Southern to pay for past and future cleanup costs, enhanced rail safety, civil penalty and health monitoring, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
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The Stivers seventh-grader filmed several scenes for the ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary over her spring break.
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The shipping container transformed into an event hub will be combined with new outdoor seating and other elements to create downtown’s newest summer hotspot, according to Downtown Dayton Partnership.