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Robert Trudeau

Shreveport
Covers:  Soul food, black history, Bayou State history, zydeco, Cajun life and dance, rockabilly, Louisiana Hayride, Lead Belly, Carnival in New Orleans, bayous and rivers, Caddo indigenous people.
Doesn't Cover: Tech, math, physics, astral topics.
Artist, author of How To Mardi Gras. Shreveport Second Line Brass Band director. Independent writer on La culture. 318 272 6045.

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Have written about Louisiana food, music and cultural streams, especially black life, for some 40 years. All for local and regional outlets.

Am author-published of 36-page illustrated booklet How To Mardi Gras - some 5000 copies in print.

Speaker at schools and conventions as 'Fais Do-do with Robert Trudeau.' Audience participation in dancing and singing includes Cajun, zydeco and second line stepping.

Am Grand Marshall of Shreveport Second Line Brass Band, a street jazz group that performs…

What was your first job as a journalist?

freelance features, thenn restaurant review column

Have you ever used a typewriter?

went from handwritten to Kaypro word processor

How is social media changing news?

More volume, more opportunity, trickier for writers.