Betsy Shepherd
Betsy Shepherd covers environmental news and is producing a podcast on the Civil Rights Movement in small-town Louisiana. She won a regional Edward R. Murrow award for a feature she reported on Louisiana’s 2016 floods.
Before joining New Orleans Public Radio, Betsy served as the managing producer of American Routes and online content coordinator at Indiana Public Media. She received her undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and earned two master’s degrees in journalism and ethnomusicology from Indiana University.
In addition to her work at WWNO, Betsy is a freelance radio producer and reporter for the BBC and The Southern Foodways Alliance.
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The latest on the spread of coronavirus in New Orleans and across Louisiana today, April 1. -
Record numbers of laid-off workers across Louisiana are waiting for badly needed assistance, while the state struggles to process hundreds of thousands... -
The Louisiana Workforce Commission has expanded its staff to help process the surge of unemployment claims they have received following the coronavirus... -
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2020 has been rescheduled from its spring dates, April 23 through May 3, to the fall, organizers announced... -
As businesses shutter and New Orleans tourism grinds to a halt, workers throughout the city are feeling the pinch, especially those in the hospitality... -
Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday announced plans to shut down casinos, bars and theaters and restrict restaurants to take-out service. Gatherings of 50... -
The coronavirus has hit New Orleans’ hospitality industry especially hard. Most workers don’t have paid sick leave or health insurance. Working remotely... -
The spread of coronavirus and the number of known COVID-19 cases are ramping up — just as New Orleans enters tourism season. This, of course, leaves... -
Festival season brings hundreds of millions of dollars into New Orleans annually. Fear of coronavirus, however, will mean fewer visitors this year — and... -
Oil prices crashed earlier this week following Saudi Arabia’s decision to ramp up production amid lagging demand as a result of the coronavirus. David...
