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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The legislative audit found that between 2023 and 2025, DOTD weighed fewer trucks, identified fewer violations and issued fewer penalties than in years past. That in turn produced less revenue to improve road conditions throughout Louisiana. -
A severe labor shortage in the semiconductor workforce, during a historic industry boom, are just two of the factors which inspired Louisiana Tech to join a national initiative to be part of the solution to a looming labor crisis. -
Sid Miller praises emergency federal approval of a topical wound spray to prevent screwworm infestations, but derides the current strategy to fight the parasite as "insanity." But the USDA is pushing back on his "fly bait" weapon. -
Louisiana has seen a nearly 21% drop in SNAP recipients in one year, the 2nd steepest drop in the country. That's a loss of 166,000 adults and children receiving food benefits, in a state with a poverty rate just under 19%, the 2nd highest in the country. -
In testimony to Arkansas lawmakers this week, they discovered that if no action is taken the health insurance program for public school teachers will be depleted in three years. -
The agreement will allow for training and mentorship opportunies as students and researchers work together across disciplines to tackle major health, scientific, and technological challenges. -
An estimated 13.5 million Americans are stalked annually according to researchers, with 72% threatened with physical harm. Louisiana's new lease law went into effect for stalking victims on August 1. -
New state restrictions went into effect in Texas on Friday, while a pending federal ban has Louisiana's THC industry leaders scrambling to prevent what could be a fatal blow. -
“Hyperion” - Meta’s nickname for the Richland Parish Data Center, is an allusion to the Greek "Titan of Heavenly Light." It is a symbolic reference by founder, chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg that they are preparing for the emergence of artificial superintelligence. -
There are now 582 operating and planned data centers across Texas, 138 of which are in the state’s tax break program, according to published reports, with only 20 audited so far.
