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Louisiana First Lady Donna Edwards teams up with other first spouses to combat human trafficking

First Lady of Louisiana Donna Edwards (second from left) at event to combat human trafficking.
Donna Edwards
First Lady of Louisiana Donna Edwards (second from left) at event to combat human trafficking.

Louisiana’s First Lady Donna Edwards has established a national coalition for the prevention of human sex trafficking that includes five first spouses. Edwards, along with Dr. Dana Hunter, executive director of the newly created Office of Human Trafficking Prevention, tell us more about their work helping to identify trafficking, addressing causes of the problem, and supporting victims.

On Saturday, fans from across the country gathered at the Superdome for the NCAA March Madness Final Four basketball tournament. And while no team from this state so much as made it past the first round, Louisianans still found themselves with something to root for: New Orleans native Caleb Daniels. Louisiana Considered’s Managing Producer Alana Schreiber tells us how Caleb triumphed over serious illness to make it to the big dance.

Over the past year, you’ve been hearing more and more stories from the Gulf States Newsroom, a partnership among NPR stations across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Tomorrow night you’ll have a chance to get to know this team at a live, storytelling event. Managing editor of the Gulf States Newsroom, Priska Neely, tells us more.

Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Karen Henderson. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are Garrett Pittman, Aubrey Procell, and Thomas Walsh. 

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Karen Henderson is an award-winning journalist whose stories have aired nationally on NPR.
Alana Schreiber is the managing producer for the live daily news program, Louisiana Considered. She comes to WRKF from KUNC in Northern Colorado, where she worked as a radio producer for the daily news magazine, Colorado Edition. She has previously interned for Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul and The Documentary Group in New York City.