JLF’s Mitch Kokai responds to Confederate memorial controversy
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the recent controversy surrounding Confederate memorials on public property. Kokai offered…
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Mitch Kokai is senior political analyst for the John Locke Foundation. He joined JLF in December 2005 as director of communications. That followed more than four years as chief state government reporter for News 14 Carolina, now known as Spectrum News. The job included extensive coverage of the General Assembly for the 24-hour local regional television news channel.
Before News 14 Carolina, Kokai worked as a radio news reporter for seven years. He started a radio news department at WENC-AM in Whiteville, then led Chapel Hill’s award-winning radio news team at WCHL-AM. He spent two-and-one-half years as news director and assignment editor for Raleigh’s WPTF-AM.
Mitch is a Columbus, Ohio, native, and a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate. He has lived in North Carolina since 1989.
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JLF’s Mitch Kokai responds to vandalism of Durham Confederate statue
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