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Katy Reckdahl

Katy Reckdahl joins Verite after working as a staff reporter for The Times-Picayune and the alt-weekly Gambit before spending a decade as a freelancer, writing frequently for the New Orleans Advocate | Times-Picayune, The New York Times and the Washington Post. She has received more than two dozen first-place New Orleans Press Club awards, the James Aronson Award for social justice reporting, a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism and three TV-documentary Emmy Awards. In 2020, she was a producer for The Atlantic’s Peabody Award-winning podcast, Floodlines.

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Robert Tucker HS
Posted inNews

Politico Bob Tucker remembered as a dear friend, wellness aficionado and Porch Santa

Avatar photo by Katy Reckdahl March 11, 2023August 10, 2023

Robert H. Tucker Jr., who was well-known in New Orleans as a civil-rights leader, businessman and political adviser, died March 1 at the age of 82. Services will be held at noon Saturday (March 11) at Greater St Stephen Church.

Judge Dana M. Douglas
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Judge Dana Douglas will take Fifth Circuit bench, make history

Avatar photo by Katy Reckdahl March 9, 2023August 10, 2023
Though many Gulf Coast homes are raised high into the air to protect from hurricane storm surge and flooding, many of them were torn apart by Hurricane Ida's winds, which gusted up to 172 mph as it was making landfall.
Posted inEnvironment

FEMA gives 90 more days for Hurricane Ida appeals

Avatar photo by Katy Reckdahl March 3, 2023August 10, 2023
Few places illustrate the need for an extension better than Louisiana’s bayou communities
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As Ida deadline looms, coastal residents still struggling

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Sidewalk Steppers parade rolls hard, though president sat out

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Services scheduled for cultural activist Barbara Lacen-Keller

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Xavier, Ochsner Health join forces to create new college of medicine

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Young people find peace moving their feet at weekly second-lines

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Christmas tree dropoff available for Bayou Bienvenue in Lower 9th

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New Orleanian returns from Broadway to bring ‘The Color Purple’ to his hometown

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