WWNO and WRKF News Director | Acting Manager, Gulf States Newsroom| Formerly WUFT-FM and Alabama Public Radio | Instructor at Louisiana State University
New Orleans, LA
Joined October 2013
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Join me in New Orleans. Bring your unique talents in social media and video editing to @WWNO and @WRKF. First review is this Friday! jobs.pmja.org/job/multimedia…
Hello all, my mother passed earlier this morning. It’s a huge loss for our family. She was a loving wife, the best mom, an amazing grandma, a favorite aunt, and loyal friend.
Please if you knew my mom, share a favorite memory of her to honor her life.
Hello all! Come work with me in the Gulf States region. The Gulf States Newsroom is hiring an editor for audio content. If you love helping journalists tell engaging and informative stories please apply!
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During this week of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, @deepsouthtoday is grateful for our public media partners @WWNO and @WRKF, who turned the @veritenewsnola series What Was Lost into a five-part podcast.
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What does heat in New Orleans SOUND like? I had this idea of a way to represent the temperature data through sound — using music.
So I worked with climate and data scientists, sound experts, and a New Orleans brass band to bring the data to life.
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What do you love about New Orleans? Whether you left the city or stayed after Katrina, we want to hear from you. We’re asking NPR listeners from near and far to share love letters to the city.
Visit wwno.org/loveletters and tell us what the city means to you, then and now.
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New Orleans folks are the absolute best, and this is one of those stories that was an absolute joy to report. Cheers to all of Pope Leo XIV's new cousins 😂
My latest for @NPR
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Congratulations to today’s Large Market Radio Regional Edward R. Murrow Award winners!
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Listen to PAR President Steven Procopio speak on @IlluminatorLA podcast, The Light Switch about bills moving through the Legislature that would dramatically change the state’s ethics laws. #lagov #lalege
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Congratulations to today’s Large Market Radio Regional Edward R. Murrow Award winners!
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#MurrowMay #Murrows
Ryan Vasquez retweeted
Congratulations to today’s Region 9 Overall Excellence Edward R. Murrow Award winners!
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Ryan Vasquez retweeted
Very excited to present @IRE_NICAR next month with @edmahonreporter & @WAdrewhawkins! We'll be sharing 60 rapid-fire ideas for stories on opioid settlement money & public health topics in 60 minutes. You'll walk away with inspiration for quick turns, features & investigations.
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"THE GULF":Attached to this post is a current satellite image of the "Gulf". Impressive view of towering thunderstorms.
As we approach the beginning of the hurricane season (June 1), we will have to refer to the "Gulf" often. Thankfully, most of us around here just call it "the Gulf".
Unfortunately, if we go beyond that it has now become political. I guarantee you I will slip from time to time and call it the "Gulf of Mexico". Understand I have been in this business for 47 years, and it has always been called that. Habits are hard to break.
If that happens, please consider some grace and not spew vitriol.
And, all of the NWS maps (including graphics from the National Hurricane Center) now call it the "Gulf of America". These maps will be posted on regular basis.
Same request. Can we hold off on the anger and rage?
You can see why I have no interest in politics. Seems like a decent percentage of people in the country have been turned into mindless lemmings (both left wing and right wing) that can't think for themselves, and are ready to hurl very harsh verbal attacks on any person that just might have a different opinion.
Please consider kindness before attacking meteorologists for words or graphics that describe "the Gulf". We are just trying to forecast the weather and tell you when dangerous storms are coming.
Thank you.
We’re hiring @WWNO @WRKF! If you have experience in covering the environment and/or coastal communities come join us in New Orleans. First review is this Friday.
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in the netherlands for a reporting trip on harm reduction and opioid use, went to a small Dutch village and got to catch the Carnaval celebrations. here's a short fun piece on what I found there: wwno.org/wwno/2025-03-04/its…
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story on @MorningEdition this morning about extra security costs impacting independent Mardi Gras parades
Appreciate the thoughtful opening from @NPRinskeep
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Here’s a reel where you can hear Tyler tell his story in his own words.
You should watch this. It’s more than just what he saw — it’s how he’s working to recover
I talked to a pedicab driver who had just dropped off a fare at canal and bourbon right as the truck turned. A harrowing story.
My latest on what he saw in the first moment of the attack — how he’s trying to recover from the impact.
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Ryan Vasquez retweeted
I talked to a pedicab driver who had just dropped off a fare at canal and bourbon right as the truck turned. A harrowing story.
My latest on what he saw in the first moment of the attack — how he’s trying to recover from the impact.
wwno.org/wwno/2025-01-02/eye…