Athina Morris
Digital Content ProducerAthina is a digital content producer for WWNO in New Orleans and WRKF in Baton Rouge. She edits and produces content for the stations' websites and social media pages, and writes WWNO's weekly newsletter.
She previously spent seven years working as a content producer for WFLA, an NBC affiliate in Tampa, Florida, and four years as a producer for HuffPost Live in New York and Los Angeles. She's covered hurricanes, elections, gators and manatees.
Athina is based out of WWNO in New Orleans. In her spare time, she loves to travel, listen to music and spend time with her dog, Ruthie.
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Want to honor and celebrate Juneteenth in New Orleans? You can enjoy live music, celebrate with friends and learn about Black heritage at a number of events happening around the city this month. -
Dr. Eva Baham, a historian who led Dillard’s repatriation efforts in partnership with the University of Leipzig, joined Louisiana Considered managing producer Alana Schreiber on Friday to discuss what she learned about the racist study, the 19 individuals and the return of their remains. -
We have a guide to help you keep track of all the happenings. -
Parts of the jail have flooded, and people incarcerated at the facility are complaining about the smell. -
Days after 10 men escaped from the Orleans Parish jail, Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order on Wednesday, initiating a wide-ranging examination of the state’s criminal justice system. -
Two people are accused of helping multiple men who escaped from the Orleans Parish jail last Friday. -
A fifth man has been captured after he escaped the Orleans Parish jail with nine others last Friday, authorities said. -
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has ordered multiple investigations into New Orleans’ criminal justice system after 10 men escaped from Orleans Parish Prison last Friday. -
A search is underway for seven inmates who broke out of the Orleans Parish jail on Friday morning. Three other inmates who escaped have already been captured, authorities said. -
In an interview with Louisiana Considered, Jari Honora, a family historian at the Historic New Orleans Collection, shares what he uncovered about the pope’s Louisiana lineage.
