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
Joseph King, sports and culture reporting fellow based at WBHM in Birmingham
Drew Hawkins, health equity reporter based at WWNO in New Orleans
Danny McArthur, environmental justice reporter based at Mississippi Public Broadcasting in Jackson
Maya Miller, community engagement reporter based 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
- 6 months later, Mississippi communities hit by March tornado fear they’ve been abandoned
- Q&A: Author of ‘Rocket Men’ details how Black quarterbacks helped move the NFL forward
- Q&A: Why New Orleans’ unhoused people face increased danger from relentless heat
- Birmingham residents reflect on 60th anniversary of church bombing
- Birmingham students take trip back in time for lesson on 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
- A ‘catastrophic’ loss: Severe heat puts a heavy strain on rural farmers in the Gulf South
- In fight to remove divisive New Orleans highway, activists turn to new strategy — an EPA study
- She looked for help after her power bill doubled. But aid for utilities often falls short
- Gulf South’s ‘Hot Labor Summer’ is heating up heading into the fall
- Parents, students deal with record-breaking heat at the start of football season
- A medical equipment company is trying to turn the tide on the Gulf South’s ‘diaper divide’
- Alabama argues its new standards — not SCOTUS order — should dictate congressional map redraw
- As the peak of hurricane season nears, Southwest Louisiana is still recovering from 2020 storms
- 7 cases of tuberculosis found in 4 Alabama chicken processing plants
- As infertility rates rise, data shows much of the US lives in a ‘fertility desert’
- EPA wants to reject Alabama’s coal ash program; says it is not protective enough
- An Alabama family’s water bill tripled after moving just outside of city limits. Here’s why
- Residents near Louisiana Dow plant are skeptical after explosion: ‘You can’t trust them’
- How Mississippi historians are preserving Emmett Till’s and Mamie Till-Mobley’s story
- Emmett Till is being memorialized with 3 national monuments. Here’s where they’ll be located
- WATCH: A discussion on what’s behind the spread of dollar stores with the Gulf States Newsroom
- North Birmingham’s Bluestone Coke plant issued warning for Clean Water Act violations
- Elder Black farmers in Mississippi seek a new generation to continue their legacy
- New CDC report finds ‘significant increase’ in children diagnosed with developmental disorders
