Eva Tesfaye
Eva Tesfaye covers the environment for WWNO and WRKF's Coastal Desk. You can reach her at eva@wrkf.org.
Before joining WWNO, she reported for Harvest Public Media and the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk. She was based at KCUR 89.3 in Kansas City, Missouri where she covered agriculture, food and the environment across the Mississippi River Basin.
Eva was also a producer for NPR's daily science podcast Short Wave. A graduate of Columbia University, she started her journalism career as an NPR Kroc Fellow.
She grew up moving around Africa and has lived in Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Africa and Kenya.
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Community composting is growing across the country but problems arise as cities lag behind in regulations and zoning laws.
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Millets, an alternative crop to corn and soybeans, is getting new attention in the U.S. The resilient grain could help U.S. farmers survive climate change.
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With staffing shortages and high intake, shelters in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana are overwhelmed with the number of animals they have. -
Heat index values are expected to reach up to 105 on Tuesday and up to 106 on Wednesday. -
College students from Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi share their thoughts as a new school year in the pandemic begins. -
Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter and other elected southwest Louisiana officials called on the federal government in a press conference Tuesday to send relief for the series of disasters that hit the region over the past year. -
With the end of the pandemic possibly approaching, young Americans are getting ready to make up for lost time and lost partying, much like their great-grandparents did a century ago. -
Efforts to address hesitancy among Black people in America often overlook African immigrants, who get information from friends and family back home through social media platforms such as WhatsApp. -
Efforts to fight vaccine hesitancy among Black people often miss African immigrants who have a different colonial history and experience with Western medicine, which grassroots groups are addressing.
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The GO FlyEase is scheduled to be released on April 30. Some people with disabilities worry that they won't be able to get a pair because of the company's mass marketing strategy.
