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WSJ reporter in SF. Covering tech & kids. Tips: yoree.koh@wsj.com. DM for Signal. Let's talk!

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  1. Nov 21

    The first report to quantify Covid learning loss is in. Among the most troubling findings: fifth and sixth graders need at least 12 weeks on average to catch up to where they were expected to be in the fall in math. Story w ⁦⁩

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    Oct 29

    There were fewer than 1,700 mortgages made in Detroit last year, a tremendous dearth of housing finance. Oklahoma City, a little smaller, had six times as many. Vital story on the legacy of redlining in a largely Black city. By

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  3. Sep 22

    Parents were mad when they saw their kids' online lessons feature racist, sexist & inaccurate content. They became enraged when they discovered the founder of the online learning system, called Acellus, might be the polyamorous leader of a religious sect

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  4. Aug 4

    There has been a lot of debate about how “pandemic pods” will fuel inequality. They likely will. But some parents and educators are trying to mitigate that by opening up access and making them more affordable.

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    Jul 15

    The pandemic set students needing the most help further behind -- in communities already working to overcome legacies of racial inequities. “Are they setting my children up for failure?” via

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  6. May 14

    I rarely tweet but this piece by the wonderful ⁦⁩ deserves attention. I love her words and I love her message. (It also made me hungry, so I went to my favorite local Korean restaurant for takeout lunch today.)

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  7. 6 Dec 2019

    Hello Internet, I'm back! I returned from maternity leave this week. Thank you to for its generous parental leave (20 weeks!) Excited to dig into my new beat: tech & kids. Send me story ideas!

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    15 Apr 2019

    👏 👏 👏 Woo-hoo! Big congrats to the team led by !!

    Congratulations to the staff of .
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  9. 11 Apr 2019

    Kids are getting more and more of their media diet from YouTube these days. But it’s nearly impossible to find out who creates and runs most of these channels. Looking at you CoCoMelon. My latest w ⁦⁩

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  10. 21 Mar 2019

    8chan only makes $100 a month.

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  11. 21 Mar 2019

    In the days after the NZ shooting, 8chan founder Fredrick Brennan said he regrets creating the msg board and what it has become. He added: “It wouldn’t surprise me if this happens again.”

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  12. 17 Mar 2019

    Why did the NZ shooter livestream spread so quickly? In large part bc the shooter gave 8chan community a heads up. ⁦⁩ talks abt the auto archiving culture of 8chan — which may explain why YT saw an unprecedented volume of upload attempts

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  13. 17 Mar 2019

    Just 10 ppl were tuned into the FB livestream of the NZ attack towards the end of the video, & it was taken down within a few min after it ended. Yet it spread like wildfire bc that was still enough time for ppl to download and reupload it forever.

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    13 Mar 2019

    New column for : Wealthy, pathetic parents paying off coaches and fixers to get their kids into school. Has their been a better snapshot of modern entitlement? An Idiot’s Guide to Cheating and Bribing Your Way into College:

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  15. 8 Mar 2019

    An extremely distressing but must read story from and

    Our investigation of the largest marketplace for online sitters, , reveals little vetting of nannies, fake daycare listings, caregivers with prior criminal records, and some devastating stories
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    7 Mar 2019

    Tales from the top bunk: With little more than a contraband cell phone, Martin Shkreli plans to emerge from prison a billionaire Got the band back together w/ my friend, idol and sometimes life partner

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  17. 22 Feb 2019

    A investigation shows that some apps have been sharing user data w FB, divulging when users are trying to lose weight, get pregnant, looked at a house -- often w/o the user's knowledge. Kudos to for a great story

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    20 Feb 2019

    We interviewed Clark County’s medical officer for this story. They’ve had 62 cases of measles so far and he complained that their Facebook page was littered with antivax comments. So if you go to Facebook for information on this outbreak, you get hit with the antivax message.

    Fascinating story that gets to the existential question facing social media. Can human moderators and algos keep people from problematic content they actually want? & at:
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  19. 20 Feb 2019

    Nestlé, McD’s and others pull ads from YouTube after report on child-exploitation content. In the last 48 hrs YT says it has: disabled comments, terminated 400+ channels for comments left on videos and removed dozens of videos that put minors at risk

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  20. 20 Feb 2019

    Pinterest is no longer serving search results for vaccine-related content, most of which fell in the antivax camp. Says it's exploring other ways to deal w "polluted" content. Good story from

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