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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At Quarter-Capacity With No Tourists, New Orleans Restaurants Wonder How To Survive The 'New Normal'Before the coronavirus, people would line the block waiting to get a table at Willie Mae’s Scotch House, a Treme neighborhood restaurant that serves...
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The New Orleans Police Department broke up large crowds of people gathered at two establishments on Magazine Street — Tracey’s and the Bulldog Uptown —...
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Louisiana can begin Phase One of reopening on Friday, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced at a Monday press conference.
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From March 14 to May 2, more than 560,000 Louisiana residents applied for unemployment benefits. That's about 12 percent of the total population of 4...
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Steven is an addict. He has been off of drugs for six years now, and says he maintains his sobriety by regularly attending a Narcotics Anonymous support...
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Dozens of people line up outside the Broadmoor Church in New Orleans for the Broadmoor Improvement Association’s monthly food pantry. Standing six feet...
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Across the globe, there is massive demand for a limited supply of ventilators, which are needed to save critically ill COVID-19 patients. Gov. John Bel...
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Record numbers of laid-off workers across Louisiana are waiting for badly needed assistance, while the state struggles to process hundreds of thousands...
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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...
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A month after a cyberattack forced the City of New Orleans to shut down its computer network, city officials still lack email and web access and many...