Recep Karaca
Position: Chief Editor
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Master’s Degree in Media Studies, Columbia University, New York
Career: Began as a political reporter for The Star-Ledger in Newark.
Worked as an editorial director for NJ Spotlight News.
Joined DailyNewsEn in 2021 as Chief Editor, leading the newsroom with a focus on impactful reporting.
Expertise: Politics, investigative journalism, and policy analysis.
Notable Achievements:
Awarded the New Jersey Press Association Medal for Outstanding Editorial Leadership.
County to negotiate with Republic Services on extension of hauling contract
BROOKSVILLE — Hernando County commissioners have given Republic Services the opportunity to extend its waste collection contract with the county until at least the...
Brandon Regional unveils expanded emergency department
BRANDON — For the past 10 months, J.E. Dunn Construction has worked to complete an expansion and revamping of the Brandon Regional Hospital emergency...
Spring flings or future starters? UF focuses on QBs Feleipe Franks, Kyle Trask
GAINESVILLE — Coach Jim McElwain is ready to promote all of the positives surrounding his Gators heading into Tuesday's first practice of the spring....
Hillsborough County, driven by 2004 storm season, finishes $36 million safety complex
TAMPA — Larry Gispert surveyed the cavernous space, taking in the huge video screens and rows of work stations, and thought back to an...
‘Finding Dory’ blows animation record out of the water
LOS ANGELES — The forgetful blue fish of "Finding Dory" is box office gold.The Pixar sequel far surpassed its already ocean-sized expectations to take...
Black Market Brass gives Afrobeat a prairie home
Last weekend’s packed First Avenue main-room set and the hipster-thronged Red Stag Block Party in northeast Minneapolis were among their favorite shows so far....
How to avoid dried-out grilled chicken
I love grilled chicken breasts, but they can turn out dry and somewhat flavorless. I have a couple of different techniques I like to...
Toby Keith’s restaurant in St. Louis Park shuts down unexpectedly
Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill in St. Louis Park shut down unexpectedly Wednesday, leaving about 80 people out of jobs and...
Fashion struts off the runway and into museum galleries
Designed for beautiful bodies and made for runway display, high-fashion clothing is increasingly at home in museums.Shows of individual designers really took off after...
Readers Write (Feb. 23): Immigration enforcement, Trump and the media, Southwest light rail and...
Wednesday’s headlines could not have been more striking. As we mourn the death of our immigrant musical hero Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, who took the Minnesota...
Stand with JCCs against religion-based hate and anti-Semitic threats
On Monday, hundreds of people were forced to evacuate 11 Jewish Community Centers nationwide — all because of a series of hateful telephone threats....
Hormel profit squeezed by competition, lower prices in turkey
Hormel Foods Corp. sold more turkeys during the holidays but made less money due to low prices, its latest quarterly results showed Thursday.Turkey prices...
Alan Colmes, liberal voice on Fox, dead at 66
NEW YORK — Alan Colmes, the radio and television host and commentator best known as the amiable liberal foil to the hard-right Sean Hannity...
St. Paul artist may be out of options to save house
The old house on the hill on St. Paul’s East Side joined the city’s list of worst vacant properties back in 2012, but you...
State reports weed out medical pot growers’ ‘trade secrets’
Minnesota’s leap into the era of legal weed began with the selection last week of two companies that will grow, process and sell medical...
Iraq retakes Mosul airport amid cautious advances against IS
SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq — Closely supported by the U.S.-led international coalition, Iraqi forces secured a series of cautious advances on Thursday, pushing into...
Dakota Access oil pipeline camp cleared of protesters
CANNON BALL, N.D. — Authorities on Thursday cleared a protest camp where opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline had gathered for the better...
The short, troubled life of Obama’s transgender student protections
Well-intended as they might have been, President Barack Obama's protections for transgender students were on shaky ground from the get-go.As quickly as the Obama...
Dayton names Blatz interim chair of U.S. Bank Stadium oversight panel
Former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz will lead the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (MSFA) as the interim chair of the beleaguered U.S....
Wal-Mart keeps working to make inroads against Amazon
CaptionCloseNEW YORK (AP) — The nation's largest retailer keeps working to make headway against the largest online seller.Wal-Mart drew more shoppers to its namesake...
US factory CEOs to Trump: Jobs exist; skills don’t
CaptionCloseWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump brought two dozen manufacturing CEOs to the White House on Thursday and declared their collective commitment to restoring...
Sonoma County advances cleanup of illegal pot operation on public open space
A large illegal marijuana farm trashed part of a remote section of land owned by Sonoma County’s open space district, requiring what is expected...
Beyonce out of Coachella; will perform in 2018
NEW YORK — Beyonce, who is pregnant with twins, will not perform at Coachella this year, but will headline the festival in 2018.In...
Close to Home: Sheriff: Sonoma County will work with ICE only to ensure public...
(Editor's Note: At the request of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office at 9:43 a.m. Thursday, this piece was updated in the fourth, fifth...
PD Editorial: Yes on Measure A: The cannabis tax is not perfect but it’s...
For years, supporters of marijuana legalization have argued that local governments stood the most to gain as it would allow them to regulate cannabis...
Grant Cohn: Keeping Tom Rathman on 49ers staff would have been mistake
Deleting Tom Rathman from the 49ers’ coaching staff was the right move.You’re out, Tom.This has nothing to do with the type of person Rathman...
NCS basketball roundup: Healdsburg boys to face state champs
The No. 8 Healdsburg Greyhounds easily downed No. 9 Kelseyville in a North Coast Section Division 4 opening-round basketball game on Wednesday night. The...
Benefield: Montgomery boys rise to occasion in NCS semifinal win
When you get six chances, you ought to capitalize on at least one. This is, after all, the playoffs.The Montgomery Vikings won six corner...
SpaceX rocket lifts off from historic Apollo 11 launchpad
Screengrab by authorThe Falcon 9's first stage rocket booster returns for a smooth landing on a repurposed launch pad.A Dragon capsule full of supplies...
There are two kinds of AI, and the difference is important
Flickr user DigitalRalphArtificial intelligence can solve many problems, but it won’t replicate the human brain anytime soon.Today’s artificial intelligence is certainly formidable. It can...
Meet China's triple-hulled warship of the future
WeiboTrimaran FrigateThe Trimaran Frigate, of which Chinese shipbuilders hope to start building next year, can reach top speeds of 35 knots, and has heavy...
NASA wants the internet to get hype about these new exoplanets
NASAHave you heard the good news? On Wednesday, scientists announced a fleet of new planets. And not just any old exoplanets: they unveiled a...
This ancient society passed power down from woman to woman
flickr user John FowlerRemnants of the Chaco Canyon great houses are preserved today in Chaco Culture National Historic Park.In a colossal 650-room structure built...
Audio engineering is making call center robots more 'human' and less annoying
Fisher PriceAudio engineering can make computerized customer support lines seem friendlier and more helpful.Say you’re on the phone with a company and the automated...
Why can whale nerves stretch and turn like bungee cords?
Margo LillieA micro-CT scan of a fin whale nerve, which shows a nerve coiled within an outer layer. This inner coiling allows nerves to...
Middle Eastern seed bank re-deposits backups into Svalbard's doomsday vault
Global Diversity Crop TrustSvalbard Seed BankThe Svalbard Seed Bank in Norway provides a backup repository for the world's agricultural crops.Today, the seeds of 49,000...
Want people to volunteer as lab rats? Turn your science into a game.
St. Martin's PressPower PlayPower Play: How video games can save the world by Asi Burak and Laura Parker.The following is an excerpt from Power...
McDonalds' fancy new straw doesn't suck
Billy Cadden/Popular ScienceWe tested out McDonald's new J-shaped straw with a layered Chocolate Shamrock shake.The phrase "reinventing the wheel" usually means someone is wasting...
Astronaut firepower headed to capital for space industry
Florida’s space industry has some astronaut firepower heading to Tallahassee.Chris Ferguson, pilot for the space shuttle Atlantis’ final mission in 2011, and Samuel Durrance,...
Tesla reports fourth-quarter and full-year results, says Model 3 on track
In a closely watched earnings report Wednesday, Tesla Inc. reported fourth-quarter and full-year results and assured investors that it is on schedule to produce...