Georges Media Group, Louisiana’s largest locally owned media organization and publisher of The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com, The Advocate, The Acadiana Advocate and Gambit, is thrilled to announce the official launch of the Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate. Answering the call of business, political and civic leaders alike, The Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate features a newsroom of 10 local journalists living and working in the community with a strong focus on in-depth local news.
“We are excited to launch a suite of digital news products for the Shreveport-Bossier communities. ShreveportBossierAdvocate.com will provide a robust report on local news topics that impact residents’ lives and marketing solutions that will help businesses thrive,” noted Judi Terzotis, publisher.
The Shreveport-Bossier community has long been essential not only to Louisiana’s success but to the region at large. There are countless stories to tell and our team of local journalists has already hit the ground running from our office on the first floor of Louisiana Tower telling the stories that the community craves and deserves. That team includes Barbara Leader, managing editor; Roy Lang III, sports editor; Elizabeth Deal, features editor; Donecia Pea, audience editor; Brendan Heffernan, reporter; Adam Duvernay, reporter; Jill Pickett, photographer; plus Clifton Lefort as regional sales director for advertising and marketing.
“Shreveport-Bossier is a metro area that is hungry for local news coverage," said Leader. "I’m eager to lead and be part of this group of journalists that is dedicated to telling stories of the area’s arts and culture, business, education and health care community, as well as crime and local government.”
To support its journalistic mission, Georges Media Group is partnering with the Community Foundation of North Louisiana. The foundation is furthering its charitable mission of promoting philanthropy and improving the quality of life in North Louisiana and will act as the fiscal sponsor for donations to the Shreveport-Bossier Journalism Fund, which will provide funding for local journalism using high standards of research, utilization of primary sources and rigorous fact-checking.
“We believe local news is vital. Leaders across Shreveport and Bossier City have told us how much they value it and how much it’s missing. Our plan is to provide in-depth local news from a team of journalists who care about this community,” said Rene Sanchez, vice president of news.
John Georges, chief executive officer of Georges Media Group, added: “Local journalism has had its challenges around the country but we feel we can provide local journalism to the people of Shreveport-Bossier area in new and exciting ways.”
