Katie Jane Fernelius is a journalist and radio producer based in New Orleans.
DispatchThe Right-Wing Issue
Queer Louisianans Are Fighting Book Bans—And Winning
“They say their goal is just to get rid of pornographic books, but in no place has it ever stopped there.”
Katie Jane Fernelius
Labor
How the Construction Industry Preys on Workers Newly Released From Prison
They're required to work as a condition of release from prison. Then the construction industry targets them for exploitation.
Katie Jane Fernelius
Dispatch
"Someone Needs to Listen to Us": Why African Asylum Seekers Went On Hunger Strike
Inside a protest against racism at a Louisiana immigrant detention center.
Katie Jane Fernelius