Headlines – December 13, 2013
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2013-12-13
Duration: 00:02:52
Subjects: Droughts | International Business Machines Corporation | TEACHER EVALUATIONS
Contributors:
- Whinham, Charlie Host
- Sanford, Shauna Host
- Ghawi, Dima Speaker
Description
This segment from the December 13, 2013, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham and Shauna Sanford reporting on the week’s headlines. These stories include: twenty-one Louisiana parishes being designated as federal drought disaster areas; Dima Ghawi of the IBM Baton Rouge Service Center speaking to the Baton Rouge Rotary Club about IBM’s development of community partnerships; the delay of teacher evaluations until the 2015-2016 school year due to the implementation of Common Core; LSU Senior Patrick Clay receiving the LPB Mass Communications Scholarship; and the death of Larry McKinley, the voice of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, at age 85.