Mario Koran is reporter for Wisconsin Watch and Wisconsin Public Radio who focuses on education, immigration and issues affecting communities of color. He was a 2021 Knight Wallace reporting fellow at the University of Michigan. Previously, Koran served as a West Coast correspondent for the Guardian US and spent five years covering education for Voice of San Diego, where he was named the 2016 reporter of the year by the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Appeal and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, among others.