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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As coronavirus spreads, we'll be updating this live blog with the latest news on new cases of COVID-19 and the response from Louisiana, New Orleans,...
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Updated: 7:01 p.m. The Louisiana Department of Health has reported the state's first "presumptive positive" case of COVID-19, commonly referred to as...
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Following the first two COVID-19 deaths in the United States over the weekend, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards formed a coronavirus task force, which...
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Governor John Bel Edwards just announced new efforts to revitalize Louisiana’s rural communities that are in crisis. By executive order , Gov. Edwards...
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The man the New Orleans Police Department says is responsible for stealing artist carts from Jackson Square is now in police custody. Landon Semones, 42...
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An Orleans Levee District police officer shot a driver and passenger on Lakeshore Drive Sunday afternoon during a stop.
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Louisiana groundwater levels are declining faster than they are being replenished.
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Gayle Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints, made a public statement Monday about her relationship with the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
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The Louisiana Supreme Court began hearing arguments Monday to review the sentence of a man serving life in prison for a $30 marijuana sale. Army veteran...
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The Trump administration is rolling back environmental protections for wetlands and streams as outlined by the Water of the United States rule. The...