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Jonah Meadows’s Biography

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Business reporter for New Orleans Times-Picayune / NOLA.com / The Advocate Newspapers, previously North Shore editor for Patch.com and formerly a radio producer for WBEZ, WLUW, Pacifica Networks and Rivet Radio.

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Bourbon Street bartender killed on deadly cycling corridor weeks after moving to New Orleans

Bourbon Street bartender killed on deadly cycling corridor weeks after moving to New Orleans

Michael Milam dreamed of moving to the Crescent City and instantly found community with other bicyclists and …

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From teen employee to owner, bike lawyer transforms Bayou Bicycles into cycling community hub

From teen employee to owner, bike lawyer transforms Bayou Bicycles into cycling community hub

How a horrific injury led a local lawyer down a bike path to purchasing his first employer. Now, he has made …

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Why Did Ex-Cheerleader Hayden Richardson Drop Sex Trafficking Suit Against Northwestern?

Why Did Ex-Cheerleader Hayden Richardson Drop Sex Trafficking Suit Against Northwestern?

Why Did Northwestern Cheerleader Hayden Richardson Drop Her Lawsuit? - Evanston, IL - Court filings reveal th…

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Amid Backlash, DHS Drama Teacher Who Posted About Israel Disciplined Over Social Media Use

Amid Backlash, DHS Drama Teacher Who Posted About Israel Disciplined Over Social Media Use

Antisemitism Allegations As Drama Teacher Disciplined For Social Media - Deerfield, IL - Supporters of on-lea…

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Improperly Secret Board Meeting Concerned Loan To Stalled Skokie Hotel

Improperly Secret Board Meeting Concerned Loan To Stalled Skokie Hotel

Improperly Secret Board Meeting Concerned Loan To Stalled Skokie Hotel - Skokie, IL - After the Illinois Atto…

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Bob Crimo, Accused Highland Park Shooter's Dad, Declares Bankruptcy

Bob Crimo, Accused Highland Park Shooter's Dad, Declares Bankruptcy

Bob Crimo, Accused Highland Park Shooter's Dad, Declares Bankruptcy - Highland Park, IL - Last week, lenders …

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New Orleans to begin charging for custom Crescent City Connection light displays

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By Jonah Meadows Verified
| The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Verified
The City Council has pulled the plug on free customized lighting displays on the Crescent City Connection, establishing new rules to charge fees to private groups that want to illuminate the bridge over the Mississippi River in colors of their choosing. The change comes more than 18 months after new LED lights were installed on the bridge.
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Superdome gets extreme makeover ahead of New Orleans' first time hosting the X Games

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By Jonah Meadows Verified
| The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Verified
The Caesars Superdome has been converted to an action sports arena, with skate parks, motorcycle ramps and dirt jumps, as New Orleans prepares to host the inaugural X Games League Championship beginning Friday. Nearly 100 of the top skateboarders, freestyle BMX and motocross riders from around the world will compete across 20 events over three days, earning gold, silver and bronze medals before the new league’s first-ever championship and $500,000 purse.
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Entergy says cause of July 4 transformer explosion, fire in French Quarter is unknowable

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| The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Verified
More than two weeks after an underground transformer explosion knocked out power to nearly 1,000 customers, forced a hotel evacuation and sent thick, acrid smoke billowing up above Bourbon Street, Entergy New Orleans executives said they cannot determine the cause of the July 4 incident.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Radio producer.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email.

Awards

National Edward R. Murrow Award

2016 - Audio Investigative Reporting by a small online news organization

The Radio Television Digital News Association has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Murrow set as a standard for the profession of electronic journalism. Entry Info: "Our glass desk exploded. Yours could, too." Charlie Meyerson, Jonah Meadows, Elizabeth Giadans, Marc Filippino, George Drake Jr. (Posted to Rivet Nov. 8, 2015.)

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