SPJ Louisiana would like to wish Marie Elizabeth Oliver a Happy Birthday! Continue reading Happy Birthday Marie Elizabeth Oliver!

Dan Boudreaux has worn a bevy of hats in his tumultuous 33 years on Earth. Continue reading Membership Spotlight: Dan Boudreaux

SPJ Louisiana would like to congratulate this year’s Mark of Excellence winners and finalists. Continue reading SPJ Louisiana congratulates Mark of Excellence winners and finalists

Colleagues: Here’s a worthwhile precedent that should make its way into media law textbooks, from right here in my back yard. My paper reported that the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals in New Orleans ruled that a federal magistrate judge abused his authority by agreeing to seal the amount of a settlement that Iberia Parish was ordered to pay in the wrongful death of a … Continue reading From the Desk of Dr. Buckman: 5th Circuit: Amount of settlements paid by public bodies are PUBLIC

The Spanish flu killed 675,000 Americans and 50-100 million worldwide; “only” 8 million died on the battlefields of World War I, which was then raging. Continue reading From the Desk of Dr. Buckman: Covid-19, dengue, agenda-setting and historical context