Jessica Williams
Verified- Capital News Bureau Editor, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
- Capital News Bureau Editor, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
- Capital News Bureau Editor, The Acadiana Advocate
- Metro Editor, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
- Deputy Editor, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
New Orleans
As seen in:
The Acadiana Advocate,
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA),
The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate,
USA Today,
The Indiegogo Review,
Constant Contact,
HuffPost UK,
Tampa Bay Times,
The Republican (Springfield, MA),
Her Campus,
The Post-Standard,
Inside Business,
Greensboro News & Record
and
Covers:
non-profits, accountability, schools, charter school governance, education policy, k-12, education funding, early childhood, public ed
Metro editor @nolanews. Send tips, fanmail, gripes to jwilliams@theadvocate.com.
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Jessica Williams’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Jessica Williams stays on top of the city's loosely organized collection of public schools, with a special emphasis on charter schools. In 2012, she was part of a team that received a National Edward R. Murrow Award for their work following a New Orleans family's recovery after Hurricane Katrina. In 2011 she was recognized by the Press Club of New Orleans for her reporting on charter school transparency and governance. She graduated from Edna Karr Secondary School in Algiers, and she obtained …
Jessica Williams’s Journalist Portfolio
Department of Education shrugs off Friends of King's open-meetings violation
RSD's school closure process has uneven effect on students at failing schools
Two charter organizations spent about $250,000 on out-of-state professional training
Contrary to critics' claims, administrative staffing at OPSB has dropped along with enrollment
Interview
See all 9 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
Interning at a local television station
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
By providing real-time news updates and information