Bobbi-Jeanne Misick
Bobbi-Jeanne Misick reports on health and criminal and social justice issues. Previously she worked as a reporter and producer in the Caribbean, covering a range of topics from different LGBTQ issues in the region to extrajudicial killings in Jamaica and the rise of extremism in Trinidad and Tobago. Bobbi-Jeanne is a graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Before that, she worked as an assistant editor and pop culture writer for Essence.com.
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A hearing will start Tuesday on moving juvenile offenders out of the Angola prison in Louisiana. They were supposed to be housed there only until April, but are still there.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, Stephan Bisaha gives us a behind-the-scenes look at his recent reporting about the growth of dollar stores in the region. Plus, we learn about medical neglect in a Louisiana immigration detention center and hear how advocates are trying to address this concern. -
“In Quarantine with Anne Frank,” helps students learn to talk to each other about discrimination.
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One year after a winter storm left residents in Jackson without water for up to a month, the city is receiving millions of federal dollars. But the funds won't be enough to fix the aging system.
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Leaders of southern HBCUs gathered for a virtual roundtable to discuss the significance of bomb threats made against their institutions and how to move forward.
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Two men who speak a rare language languished in Louisiana and Mississippi detention centers — in part, they say, because they weren't able to share their experiences in their native tongue.
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A new study shows connection between cancer rates and air pollution in Louisiana's poorest and most industrialized neighborhoods.
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Black residents of Southeast Louisiana, dedicated to fighting air and soil pollution in their own neighborhoods and towns met with EPA Administrator Michael Regan on his “Journey to Justice,” listening tour, sharing their stories and frustrations.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards will likely not issue a major disaster declaration after a severe storm blew through Southwest Louisiana on Wednesday. But he acknowledged all of the damage the region has sustained beginning last year, from two hurricanes, a winter storm, a spring flood and now a EF-2 tornado.
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Lester Pearson, 84, is a "10-6 lifer," one of roughly 60 men who took plea deals for life sentences with the chance of parole after 10 years and six months. During the first decade of their incarceration, laws changed and they were left to serve much lengthier prison sentences than they bargained for. After 57 years, Pearson was finally released on Tuesday, Oct. 19.
