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.
Interview
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
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Anchorman
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Excel, Document Cloud, Photoshop
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Section editor of college newspaper and editor in chief of college magazine
When's the best time to pitch you?
Not at night
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.