Kari Plog
Kari Plog is a former KNKX reporter who covered the people and systems in Pierce, Thurston and Kitsap counties, with an emphasis on police accountability. She was part of the team that reported and produced The Walk Home podcast.
Before transitioning to public radio in 2018, Kari worked as a print journalist at The News Tribune in Tacoma, where she covered communities and local government.
Kari also worked for several years as a college newspaper adviser at the University of Puget Sound, and she’s a strong advocate for media education. She currently serves on the board at Tacoma’s arthouse theater, The Grand Cinema.
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The Walk Home is a podcast, produced by KNKX in partnership with The Seattle Times, about the life and death of Manny Ellis. Episode 6 is out on Wednesday. In an excerpt, hear about the Washington Attorney General's investigation, which conflicts with the officers' description of events the night Manny died.
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A critical decision changes Manny's case, and a new story of his death emerges.
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Four Tacoma police officers each had their own journeys to 96th and Ainsworth. And so did the department they worked for.
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The Tacoma City Council has created penalties for unsheltered people who sleep or store property outside sanctioned encampments. The ban covers a 10-block radius around all six of those sites around the city.
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KNKX’s South Sound reporter Kari Plog joined Morning Edition Host Kirsten Kendrick to talk about the latest episode of The Walk Home podcast. This episode shows how Manny’s walk home didn’t start the night that he was killed, it started 33 years before that.
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Manny’s walk home ended at 96th and Ainsworth. It started 33 years earlier.
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Morning Edition Host Kirsten Kendrick sat down with KNKX’s South Sound reporter Kari Plog to talk about what you will hear in Episode 3, where Kari takes us behind the scenes and we learn what Pierce County officials knew in the days immediately following Ellis' death.
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Investigators finish their probe into Manny’s death. Then, a revelation.
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KNKX’s newest podcast The Walk Home, produced in partnership with The Seattle Times, tells the story of Manny Ellis, a Black man who died in police custody in 2020. The second episode picks up with his sister Monèt Carter-Mixon beginning her own investigation. She knows that she needs some kind of evidence, specifically a video. She’s determined to find it even as the COVID-19 pandemic consumes everyone’s attention.
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In the stillness of the pandemic, Monèt hunts down crucial information.