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Heather Nolan

  • Digital Content Specialist, Ochsner Health
New Orleans
As seen in: Medium, MSN UK, USA Today, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, Adweek, U.S. News and World Report, Chron, Cleveland.com, The Plain Dealer and
Covers:  crime, courts, trends, trials, lawsuits, police brutality, local police, criminal justice
Digital content @OchsnerHealth. Former reporter. Sucker for photos of animals doing people things.

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Heather Nolan’s Biography

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I cover breaking news for NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune. I previously worked at The Beaumont Enterprise in Texas, where I covered business, features, county government and health. I witnessed the execution of Lawrence Russell Brewer Jr., one of three men convicted in James Byrd Jr.'s 1998 dragging death.

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The number of SE Texas prisoners on Death Row could increase dramatically

The number of SE Texas prisoners on Death Row could increase dramatically

Once known as the source of the most death row inmates per capita, Jefferson County could see a new spike in …

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Lawyers trying to stay Beaumont man's execution

Lawyers trying to stay Beaumont man's execution

The lawyer for a Beaumont man scheduled for execution tonight plans to file a last-minute appeal in the Texas…

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Feud turns fatal: The facts from the courthouse shooting

Feud turns fatal: The facts from the courthouse shooting

A longstanding family feud involving allegations of sexual assault of a child erupted in a "classic shootout"…

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Jasper prepares for execution of man convicted in dragging death

Jasper prepares for execution of man convicted in dragging death

Never forgotten. It's a phrase many in Jasper might cringe upon hearing. The never forgotten 1998 crime - so…

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The city of Jasper still copes with racial tensions 13 years after dragging death

The city of Jasper still copes with racial tensions 13 years after dragging death

There's a consensus in Jasper these days. Folks want to move on from the horrific events that unfolded on Jun…

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Who is Lawrence Brewer?

Who is Lawrence Brewer?

When a Brazos County jury handed Lawrence Russell Brewer a death sentence on Sept. 23, 1999, the capital murd…

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A History of Her Majesty's Penitentiary: David Harvey takes readers Inside the Walls

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By Joan Sullivan, Heather Nolan
| Newfoundland Quarterly Verified
Can you talk about the format of this history – it’s almost a scrapbook of news articles, training manuals, personal documents. How did you organize and contextualize all this? This whole idea started not as a book but as a pamphlet I was planning to hand out to staff about the history of HMP. I was thinking about it for a while and around 2007 I started collecting bits and pieces of the history of HMP. I soon realized that there was a lot of information out there about HMP.
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Nautica Malone - The Bikini Beans Pervert

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By Heather Nolan
| Medium
Heather Nolan · Follow 2 min read · -- Women deal with this shit way too often Photo Credit: Bikini Beans Coffee If you haven’t seen the story by now, a man went through the drive-thru at Bikini Beans Coffee in Tempe AZ not wearing any pants. This was not his first time, since a barista was already filming when he drove around to pick up the order. He admitted he had been there before and, lo and behold proceeded to flash the woman.
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Why Being a Woman in Forums Isn’t Worth the Hassle

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By Heather Nolan
| Medium
Heather Nolan · Follow Published in Bitchy · 4 min read · -- Drew Dizzy Graham via Unsplash I will never forget the first time I was mistaken for a guy on Reddit. I was in a mostly male forum, and I had made a comment about something, and the replies I got were overwhelmingly supportive. I even had a few messages that were sent to me that said stuff like, “Right on, bro.” Now, this was completely different than my experience online as a woman.
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Texas Associated Press Managing Editors

2008 - Community Service
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Press Club of Southeast Texas

2012 - News Story
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Press Club of Southeast Texas

2012 - Feature Story
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Associated Press Sports Editors

2012 - Project writing under 30,000
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Texas Associated Press Managing Editors

2013 - Deadline Writing
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Texas Associated Press Managing Editors

2013 - Features
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Texas Associated Press Managing Editors

2013 - Star Breaking News Report of the Year
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