Diane Mack
Producer & Morning Edition Host"This is NPR's Morning Edition, at 89.9 WWNO. Good Morning, I'm Diane Mack."
Many of you awake to that greeting each morning as Diane brings you the day's news as WWNO's host for NPR's Morning Edition. Diane is a native New Orleanian with a background in television broadcast journalism. She is a graduate of Loyola University of New Orleans, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications.
Diane has worked in various markets around the state. She started at KATC-TV in Lafayette as reporter and morning news anchor. Diane moved back home to New Orleans in 1982 where she joined the news staff of WDSU-TV as a general assignment reporter. In 1993, Diane joined WWNO's staff, hosting news programs, a classical music show, and the "Friends of Music" concert series. She is also an award-winning producer for the station's cultural arts radio feature Inside the Arts.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about a new concert that addresses the last two years of pandemic life. And we hear why the New Orleans Ballet Association is taking up a new style of dance for its latest season. -
Mardi Gras celebrations are coming back to life in 2022, starting with a streetcar parade from the Phunny Phorty Phellows.
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Also, the Phunny Phorty Phellows will soon herald the beginning of the Carnival season, and the state health department issues new guidance on returning to school amid the Omicron variant surge.
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Also, we take a look at how public policies are (and aren’t) working around the United States.
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Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.
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Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.
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Also, Steven Edwards walks us through the history of Handel’s popular oratorio, “Messiah.”
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Diane Mack hosted this Friday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.
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Also, the Marigny Opera Ballet will perform The Nutcracker with a New Orleans twist this December.
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Diane Mack hosted this Tuesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.
