In 2016, LaDuke joined the staff as a reporter, mainly focusing on sports. She then made the transition to copy editor and eventually chief copy editor in 2018 before becoming the managing editor for the 2019-2020 school year.
Besides writing about sports for The Post, LaDuke has also highlighted student organizations and Oakland administration. Her most recent journalistic venture has been dabbling in the art of satire to expand her evolving skill set.
In high school, LaDuke was the editor-in-chief of her school’s yearbook for two years but did not know if she wanted to continue with journalism in college. Once she started at Oakland in 2016, she fell back in love with writing and design. In April 2020, she will be graduating with a double major in journalism as well as public relations and strategic communication.
Katie LaDuke, Managing Editor
| Feb 05, 2020 | Dealing with anxiety in college (Story) |
| Jan 29, 2020 | Questions and voices heard at first Student Concerns Forum (Story) |
| Oct 09, 2019 | To the people with blinding headlights (Story) |
| Oct 02, 2019 | The types of boys you encounter in a lifetime (Story) |
| Sep 11, 2019 | SATIRE: Birds are not real (Story) |
| Aug 27, 2019 | Satire: The roadblocks to my problems (Story) |
| Aug 06, 2019 | Satire: Living with a shopping addiction (Story) |
| Jun 26, 2019 | Fishfly season is upon us (Story) |
| Jun 11, 2019 | Board of Trustees unanimously approves tuition increase, new health sciences degree (Story) |
| Jun 05, 2019 | How to torture your keto friends (Story) |
| Jun 05, 2019 | Oakland collaborates with Detroit Drives Degrees for debt relief and degree completion program (Story) |
| Oct 03, 2018 | Blitz: Sept. 30, 2018 (Story) |
| Aug 01, 2018 | Campus environment keeps bringing trustee back (Story) |
| Jun 26, 2018 | Two out-of-state athletes stay as Michigan-made couple (Story) |
| Mar 27, 2018 | Rate My Professors’ Chili Peppers Heat Up Conversation (Story) |
| Feb 27, 2018 | A high price for higher education (Story) |
| Feb 27, 2018 | Club Sports spotlight: Swimming club (Story) |
| Feb 13, 2018 | Oakland tennis calls for leadership from young staff (Story) |
| Feb 12, 2018 | The Blitz Feb. 14, 2018 (Story) |
| Feb 06, 2018 | Somerfield named Horizon League player of the week (Story) |
| Feb 05, 2018 | The Blitz Feb. 7 (Story) |
| Jan 30, 2018 | The Blitz Jan. 31, 2018 (Story) |
| Jan 30, 2018 | Ballroom and Latin Dance Club Highlight (Story) |
| Jan 22, 2018 | The Blitz Jan. 24, 2018 (Story) |
| Jan 22, 2018 | Emmy-nominated show takes a look at men’s basketball (Story) |
| Jan 16, 2018 | The Blitz Jan. 14, 2018 (Story) |
| Jan 10, 2018 | Padraic McMeel named interim Athletics Director (Story) |
| Jan 09, 2018 | Club figure skating’s hopes for Nationals (Story) |
| Jan 02, 2018 | Winter break blitz (Story) |
| Dec 05, 2017 | Inaugural board of advisors for the Golden Grizzlies Athletic Fund (Story) |
| Nov 28, 2017 | The Blitz (Story) |
| Nov 14, 2017 | Club sports highlight: The running club (Story) |
| Nov 06, 2017 | Cross gains win after win (Story) |
| Oct 31, 2017 | The Blitz (Story) |
| Oct 29, 2017 | New to the O’rena and Oakland basketball this season (Story) |
| Oct 23, 2017 | Trick or Treating for a cause at the O’rena (Story) |
| Oct 17, 2017 | Oakland volleyball player selected as 2017 CLASS Award candidate (Story) |
| Oct 17, 2017 | The Blitz (Story) |
| Oct 09, 2017 | Club sports highlight: Vitality Dance (Story) |
| Oct 03, 2017 | The Blitz (Story) |
| Sep 26, 2017 | Oakland Softball’s first games under new head coach (Story) |
| Sep 26, 2017 | Integrated dance and cheer team: where are they now? (Story) |
| Sep 19, 2017 | Students construct mixed feelings about changes on campus (Story) |
| Sep 12, 2017 | Winter Guard Highlight (Story) |
| Sep 05, 2017 | Club Sports Highlight introduction (Story) |
| Aug 10, 2017 | Isaiah Brock steps down from Oakland University men’s basketball (Story) |
| Aug 01, 2017 | OU Night at Comerica (Story) |
| Aug 01, 2017 | Konya gets contract extended into 2022 (Story) |
| Jun 29, 2017 | Miner resigns as head coach of Oakland softball (Story) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Valparaiso leaves Horizon League (Story) |
| May 30, 2017 | Oakland soccer player pays tuition and supports soccer team for kids in Liberia (Story) |
| May 26, 2017 | Integrated Cheer and Dance starts from scratch (Story) |
| Apr 19, 2017 | Baseball tops EMU in home-opener slugfest (Story) |
| Apr 18, 2017 | Circle K rakes in over 1,600 service hours, awards (Story) |
| Apr 18, 2017 | The Blitz: April 19, 2017 (Story) |
| Apr 11, 2017 | Softball picks up second sweep of the week (Story) |
| Apr 11, 2017 | Oakland softball sweeps Cleveland State in mid-week series (Story) |
| Apr 04, 2017 | Despite venue change, softball takes series over NKU 2-1 (Story) |
| Apr 04, 2017 | Former Oakland golfer set to compete in Masters (Story) |
| Apr 01, 2017 | The Blitz: March 29, 2017 (Story) |
| Mar 28, 2017 | Softball swept by YSU in league opener (Story) |
| Mar 21, 2017 | Baseball team looks for redemption (Story) |
| Mar 14, 2017 | The Blitz: March 15, 2017 (Story) |
| Mar 07, 2017 | Kownacki pitches her way to back-to-back Horizon League Pitcher of the Week titles (Story) |
| Mar 07, 2017 | Student-athletes excel on both sides of the hyphen (Story) |
| Mar 07, 2017 | The Sporting Blitz March 7 (Story) |
| Feb 26, 2017 | Athletics to fund Motor City Madness tickets, transportation for students (Story) |
| Feb 20, 2017 | Baseball’s Kaline and Healey get first win as co-head coaches in series finale (Story) |
| Feb 20, 2017 | Softball off to best start in program history (Story) |
| Feb 14, 2017 | New coaching staff leads baseball team into the 2017 season (Story) |
| Feb 07, 2017 | Go Red Week concludes with first annual Go Red Dance Jam (Story) |
| Feb 03, 2017 | Women’s basketball stuns No. 21 Green Bay (Story) |
| Jan 31, 2017 | Little makes a big name for herself in Oakland’s lineup (Story) |
| Jan 31, 2017 | Recruiting the finest for Greek life at OU (Story) |
| Jan 24, 2017 | Oakland dance team shines in Orlando (Story) |
| Jan 21, 2017 | Offensive woes strike women’s basketball once again (Story) |
| Jan 08, 2017 | Women’s basketball loss heats up Horizon League rivalry (Story) |
| Dec 22, 2016 | Little posts multiple career highs in win over Vermont (Story) |