Diane Mack
Host, Morning Edition and Louisiana Considered"This is NPR's Morning Edition, at 89.9 WWNO. Good Morning, I'm Diane Mack."
Many of you awake to that greeting each morning as Diane brings you the day's news as WWNO's host for NPR's Morning Edition. Diane is a native New Orleanian with a background in television broadcast journalism. She is a graduate of Loyola University of New Orleans, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications.
Diane has worked in various markets around the state. She started at KATC-TV in Lafayette as reporter and morning news anchor. Diane moved back home to New Orleans in 1982 where she joined the news staff of WDSU-TV as a general assignment reporter. In 1993, Diane joined WWNO's staff, hosting news programs, a classical music show, and the "Friends of Music" concert series. She is also an award-winning producer for the station's cultural arts radio feature Inside the Arts.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we look back on Mitch Landrieu’s work to expand broadband across the country as he prepares to leave the Biden administration. Plus, the holiday soiree known as the Running of the Santas returns to New Orleans’ Warehouse District.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we catch up with New Orleans “night mayor” Howie Kaplan as he reflects on a year in office. And we hear about a production of the musical “Wicked” coming to the Saenger Theatre – and about a jiu-jitsu league taking off in Decatur, Ala.
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An annual musical fundraiser and back in the Crescent City.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about a new outpatient maternal care program at Touro Infirmary. And we explore the ways a local music nonprofit is reaching out to aspiring musicians. We also hear why the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board is under scrutiny after an investigation found workers there had falsified water testing data.
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An inside look at the 13th annual FORESTival coming this weekend
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about an upcoming opera that highlights racial injustice in America. Plus we learn about a new plan to close homeless encampments and connect people with new housing in New Orleans, and dive into the burgeoning electric vehicle industry in the South.
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WWII Museum opens final permanent exhibit; exploring the relationship between Disney and New OrleansToday on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the opening of the National World War II Museum’s final permanent exhibit. We also celebrate 100 years of Disney with a story about the connections between the franchise and New Orleans — and we hear the first episode of a new series on southern ghost towns.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear how LSU professors are preparing to use artificial intelligence in their classrooms. We also learn about the 50th anniversary screening of a Halloween horror film in New Orleans, and get the latest on the “super fog” that led to a deadly car pileup on I-55.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the New Orleans Ballet Association’s season-opening performance and look into healing traditions in South Louisiana. Plus, we hear why residents of Plaquemines Parish went more than three months without safe drinking water.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn more about the Biden administration’s assertion that 15 Historically Black Colleges and Universities – including Southern University in Louisiana – are owed more than $1 billion by the states they’re located in. Plus, we hear about Le Petit Theatre’s spooky season opener coming to the French Quarter.