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Yoree Koh

@yoreekoh

Ex-WSJ reporter. Powered by spicy food, martinis, and good stories.

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Whenever I read Min Jin Lee's writing I get so greedy bc I just want more more more. Please read this beautifully written essay by one of my favorite authors: A Lifetime of Reading Taught Min Jin Lee How to Write About Her Immigrant World nytimes.com/2021/04/07/boo…

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NEW by the inimitable ⁦Tawnell Hobbs⁩: The U.S. Military Academy plans to end a policy of forgiveness for West Point cadets after dozens were punished in an honor code breach but avoided expulsion wsj.com/articles/west-…

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W a Covid-19 vaccine open to 12+ kids, some are wondering whether K-12 schools will mandate student vaccinations. Can they? Should they? Here's what we know: wsj.com/articles/can-s…

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When one grad student told Columbia film school he might have to drop out bc he couldn't afford tuition, an admin suggested he walk the univ president's dogs. A must-read from Melissa Korn & Andrea Fuller on the student debt crisis and elite master's degrees on.wsj.com/3yy8lzu

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Hope this won’t be the case but the widespread quarantines and shutdowns at schools that have already opened may portend another erratic school year

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My latest: Kids are finally back in classrooms after 18 months, and pandemic-related learning loss is showing up in stunning ways, esp among poor students of color. 4th graders are reading at kinder-1st grade levels, struggling w words like "rub" & rib" wsj.com/articles/when-…

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.Daisuke Wakabayashi has sold dozens of sneakers from his beloved shoe collection so we could buy deck furniture but this story is the real payoff. The visuals are also A++

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TikTok can send teens down eating disorder rabbit holes. A sample: how-tos on 300-cal diets, songs abt starving etc. The teens we talked to said TT pushed them into developing eating disorders or triggered relapses. My latest w Tawnell Hobbs Rob Barry wsj.com/articles/how-t…

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The first episode of our three-part podcast series on the impact TikTok’s rabbit holes on eating disorders and self-harm have on teens is out. Please listen! Special thx to ⁦Zoe Thomas⁩ ⁦Julie Chang⁩ for bringing this to life podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

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As tech companies (ahem Instagram) think about creating kids’ versions of their products they should look to YouTube Kids for lessons learned. The takeaway: it’s really hard to build a safe and high quality platform for kids wsj.com/articles/how-y…

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TikTok is often billed as the happiest corner of the internet. Working there is the complete opposite. My latest w Georgia Wells and Sal Rodriguez šŸ•· wsj.com/articles/tikto…

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Late breaking personal news: After a quick 12 years, last Friday was my last day at the WSJ. It’s been a wonderful ride. I will miss my colleagues & the thrill of being a part of the best newsroom around. But it’s time for something new. I’m off to Seoul! āœŒļøāœŒļø