Eva Tesfaye
2020 Kroc Fellow, Gulf States NewsroomEva Tesfaye is a 2020 Kroc Fellow. She is spending the year rotating through different parts of NPR.
Eva joined NPR after graduating from Columbia University with a B.A. in English and a minor in French and Francophone studies, where her studies focused on African literature and the history of French colonization. She also spent a year in Paris taking literature courses at the Sorbonne. During her time at Columbia, Eva reported for her campus radio station, WKCR.
Eva grew up moving around Africa and has lived in Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Africa, and Kenya.
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A new report from the Environmental Working Group found targeting the U.S. Department of Agriculture's conservation funding to the Mississippi River region would have huge benefits to water quality and the climate. -
People have lived along the river for millennia, the benefits competing with the risks. Modern levee systems built in response to past disasters like the Floods of 1927 or 1993 aren't designed for the newest risk: increased rainfall caused by climate change.
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An invasive species of worm is making its way across the Midwest, but not much is known about how to manage them. Some gardeners have taken matters into their own hands.
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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.
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The newest addition to the city’s efforts involves officials finalizing a plan to help shuttle residents that want to evacuate the city to a state-run shelter.
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The first signs of light shined in New Orleans East, with 11,500 Entergy customers with power again three days after Hurricane Ida made landfall and caused mass power outages to the region.
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Heat index values are expected to reach up to 105 on Tuesday and up to 106 on Wednesday.
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Ida weakened to a tropical storm but dangerous conditions persist in most of Louisiana, forecasters said Monday morning.
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College students from Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi share their thoughts as a new school year in the pandemic begins.
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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.
