Jeff Ferrell
News Director/Producer - (318) 349-1722 (mobile); jeffrey.ferrell@lsus.eduOriginally from the Pacific Northwest, and a graduate of the University of Washington, Jeff began his on-air broadcasting career 36 years ago in the Black Hills of South Dakota as a general assignment reporter.
Jeff has worked in several regions of the country, from the Great Plains to the Midwest… and from the northeast to the southwest, before coming to Shreveport back in 2000 with his wife and four kids, where they have lived ever since.
Throughout his more than three decades of news reporting, Jeff has covered everything from the crack cocaine epidemic of the early ‘90s outside Chicago, to prolonged droughts in Oklahoma and paralyzing blizzards in Pennsylvania… and from devastating gulf coast hurricanes to severe flooding.
Jeff graduated with a master’s degree in history from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in March 2023, and had just entered into a doctoral program until Red River Radio came calling, with a great opportunity to serve as news director at the public radio network.
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LSU Shreveport to host screening and post-film Q&A of The Roots That Bind Us at 6 p.m. Friday; Second screening at 7 p.m. Saturday at The Robinson Film Center in downtown Shreveport. -
The executive order suspends the penalty for using tax-exempt “dyed diesel,” which is off-road fuel for vehicles on public roads through October 22. A violation normally carries a penalty of $10 per gallon or $1,000, whichever is greater. -
Speaker Mike Johnson returned to his home district in Northwest Louisiana and delivered a legislative update. The former First Amendment lawyer then told Red River Radio News he can relate to Pres. Trump’s dispute with media outlets. -
President Trump says he backs a plan, proposed by several fellow Republicans, to temporarily ban diesel exports. Experts caution the strategy could backfire. -
Diesel prices across the U.S. have reached record highs, surpassing $6.50 a gallon. Experts see little relief in sight for fuel that keeps everything from 18-wheelers to farm equipment running. -
The successfully completed negotiation caps a nearly year-long dispute involving funding of Texas hospitals, between the Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services. The financial losses had been expected to total $27 million a day. -
Governor Sanders said families have repeatedly emphasized the need for supportive living services, which help individuals with disabilities remain at home by covering in-home care. -
The report, which has traditionally been released every other year on or near Sept. 1 will now not be released until Dec. 1. -
The lawsuit challenges a policy confirmed by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on September 1, that ICE officers could enter polling places to serve warrants or conduct other immigration and customs enforcement activity. -
A new poll from the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children found more than 600 early childhood education providers are absorbing higher costs, while struggling to remain financially viable.
