Eve Troeh appears in the following:
When Schools Meet Trauma With Understanding, Not Discipline
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Children in New Orleans suffer from trauma at high rates. Now, several schools there are focused on catching and helping students whose behavior may be a response to their suffering.
The Fallout After A Former NFL Player Is Shot To Death
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
The NFL held a moment of silence at a game Monday evening for Joe McKnight. The football player was shot dead in an apparent road rage incident in New Orleans. The shooter was released by police.
Louisiana Veteran Flood Victims Still Find Recovery Programs Tough To Navigate
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Parts of Louisiana were inundated by heavy rain and flooding earlier this year. Myra Engrum lost her house, but it wasn't the first time. Hurricane Katrina ruined her home years earlier.
A Mom's Life, Rebuilt After Katrina, Wrecked By Baton Rouge Floods
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Myra Engrum works, cares for her son, has friends and is active in church. She's done things "right." But for the second time in 11 years, she's picking up the pieces of her storm-ravaged life.
'Presenting Princess Shaw': The Unlikely Story Of Samantha Montgomery
Friday, May 27, 2016
Samantha Montgomery is an elder-care worker in New Orleans who also writes and sings her own songs on YouTube. A composer in Israel spotted her and via social media, they began to work together.
Drug Traffickers Flood Opioid Market With Cheaper Alternative To Heroin
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Drug traffickers are making their own Fentanyl, a powerful opioid pain medication used for extreme medical conditions, and selling it mixed with or instead of heroin. Much cheaper to make than heroin, and exponentially more potent, it's easier for users to overdose on Fentanyl. In New Orleans, Fentanyl deaths now outpace the murder rate.
Can 'Slow Fish' Help Save America's Small-Scale Fishermen?
Monday, March 14, 2016
An event in New Orleans this weekend highlighted the wealth of seafood the Americas have to offer — and the endangered state of the small fishers who catch it.
Archdiocese Of New Orleans Restricts Access To Historic Cemetery
Monday, November 02, 2015
One of the most iconic cemeteries in New Orleans, St. Louis No. 1 Cemetery, now requires visitors to enter with a licensed tour guide or official proof that a family member is buried there.
How Chef Paul Prudhomme Invented Cajun-Creole Fusion Food
Friday, October 09, 2015
Chef Paul Prudhomme, who died Thursday at 75, revolutionized Cajun and Creole cuisine and helped popularize it throughout the world. He also created a craze for "blackened" everything.
10 Years After Katrina, New Orleans' Brass Bands March On
Thursday, August 20, 2015
One of New Orleans' signature traditions is the second line — the weekly brass band parades. But after Hurricane Katrina, a lot of people worried the tradition would become history.
The Sounds of What Katrina Left Behind
Thursday, August 13, 2015
A decade after Hurricane Katrina devastated large parts of New Orleans, New Orleans Public Radio developed a podcast to capture the sights and sounds of the city's debris.
Louisiana Inmate To Be Freed After 43 Years In Solitary Confinement
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
After 43 years in solitary, a federal judge on Tuesday called for the unconditional release of prisoner Albert Woodfox. Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell is fighting the order.
A Once-Guarded Tradition Spills Open In New Orleans' Streets
Thursday, March 19, 2015
The Mardi Gras Indians have become a central part of the city's celebrations, but there was a time when residents found them mysterious and outsiders even considered them dangerous.
Scientists Catch Up On The Sex Life Of Coral To Help Reefs Survive
Thursday, March 19, 2015
It's all in the timing. Biologists haven't been able to breed embryos of the rare, pillar coral in the lab because it's been tough to catch the creatures in the act.
Forget Beads: Cajun Mardi Gras Means A Grand, Drunken Chicken Chase
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Mardi Gras is about ephemera, the thrill of the chase. In New Orleans, that's cajoling a strand of special glass beads or a glittered coconut from the hands of a stranger high up on a parade float. But the moment that trinket is nabbed, the recipient might think: Now what ...
French Quarter Sees Violent Crime Surge; Residents Demand Changes
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
The neighborhood popular with tourists is no longer an exception to New Orleans' stubborn crime rate. A recent run of robberies has residents criticizing city leaders and calling for more protection.
In Louisiana, Cheaper Gas Can Pump People Full Of Anxiety
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
When oil prices dropped in the 1980s, Louisiana was hit hard. The impacts of this latest drop have yet to be fully felt, but the City of New Orleans is more resilient this time.
Learning to Love the Entirely Inadequate but Completely Indispensable Disaster Industry
Friday, October 31, 2014
Huge storms like Katrina and Sandy are here to stay; the firms that manage recoveries should be, too. But if this is going to work, five big things need to change.
Why Do We Keep Getting Disaster Recovery Wrong?
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Two years after Sandy and nearly a decade after Katrina, a look at how we screwed up and what we have learned.
The Other Industry That’s Too Big to Fail
Thursday, October 30, 2014
New Jersey Public Radio
WWNO
Only a few large companies are able to manage disaster recovery efforts. That's how New Jersey and Louisiana ended up hiring and firing the same two firms.
