Gulf States Newsroom
Too many local news outlets have disappeared in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. The Gulf States Newsroom was created to ensure that stories related to health care, criminal justice, the economy and other important issues continue to be told. WWNO and WRKF in Louisiana, WBHM in Alabama, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, and NPR are working together as a regional newsroom to plan coverage, share resources and add reporting power in a story-rich region that has for too long gone under-covered.
The Regional Team:
Priska Neely, managing editor based at WBHM in Birmingham
Rashah McChesney, senior content editor based at WBHM in Birmingham
Orlando Flores Jr., digital editor based at WWNO in New Orleans
Stephan Bisaha, wealth and poverty reporter based at WBHM in Birmingham
Taylor Washington, Gulf States Newsroom reporting fellow based at WBHM in Birmingham
Bobbi-Jeanne Misick, justice, race and equity reporter based at WWNO in New Orleans
Danny McArthur, environmental justice reporter based at Mississippi Public Broadcasting in Jackson
Maya Miller, reproductive health reporter based at Mississippi Public Broadcasting in Jackson
WBHM News Team | WWNO News Team | MPB News Team
Funding for the Gulf States Newsroom is provided in part by NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Recent stories from the Gulf States Newsroom
- With the NCAA Tournament in town, Birmingham is ready for thrilling games, an economic boost
- Spurred by slow deportation wait times, Louisiana ICE detainees attempted a hunger strike
- In rural Mississippi, E.R. staff are being trained to care for moms and deliver babies
- Public transit in the Gulf South is in need of an overhaul. The solution could lie in the past
- Legal complaint claims Alabama discriminates when distributing sewage infrastructure funds
- Mississippi updated its solar energy guidelines. Renewable energy advocates want more
- These billboards want you to know how to get abortion pills — even if your state banned abortions
- As Alabama coal miners strike nears end, a look at why it started, and how it failed
- A small team works to aid immigrants in Louisiana: ‘Do the best you can with the time you have’
- Alabama advocates urge treatment over punishment for pregnant women jailed for substance use
- Alabama has 5th highest U.S. gun death rate. A study blames weak laws, high ownership
- ‘Injustice, Inc.’ uncovers how some in the legal system use poor families to get rich
- While rebuilding homes, Amish volunteers bond with South Louisiana over faith and food
- The real winner of Super Bowl 57? The Gulf South and its wide range of football talent
- In New Orleans, doctors and churches are teaming up to help Black parishioners get needed care
- ‘Unreformed’ podcast tells the largely untold story of an abusive Alabama reform school
- In post-Roe Mississippi, pregnancy resource centers are becoming the last hope for maternal care
- ‘Nobody is getting to you’: How workforce challenges leave Gulf South EMS agencies strapped
- A Mississippi community is ‘grateful’ for more air testing, but skeptical of what comes next
- MLK Day is Monday. In Alabama and Mississippi, it’s also Robert E. Lee Day.
- In the fight for environmental justice, Birmingham tells Jackson to stay loud
- The 2022 moments that will stick with us: Reflections from the Gulf States Newsroom
- Why 2022 was a rough year for Gulf South food pantries, and those who need them
- Denial, detention and deportation threats: The uphill battle for Cameroonian asylum seekers in Louisiana and Mississippi
