
Mallory Falk
Mallory Falk was WWNO's first Education Reporter. Her four-part series on school closures received an Edward R. Murrow award. Prior to joining WWNO, Mallory worked as Communications Director for the youth leadership non-profit Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools. She fell in love with audio storytelling as a Middlebury College Narrative Journalism Fellow and studied radio production at the Transom Story Workshop.
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The wall along the U.S.-Mexico border cuts across sensitive desert and mountainous terrain. But environmental regulations are waived for wall construction, raising concerns about longterm damage.
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The government is telling parents looking for their children to dial a 1-800 number. One legal coordinator says in her experience, parents aren't getting information for four or five days.
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School had just started when flooding hit the southern part of the state. Some schools plan to reopen this week, but many schools are still too damaged and its unclear when students can return.
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Relief organizations are on the ground in Louisiana, trying to help victims of the floods that devastated Baton Rouge. But some in a downtown shelter say it is not enough.