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Biography

Amy Jeffries is the News Director at WRKF, the public radio station in Baton Rouge, La. Amy started her career in public radio at WNPR in Hartford, CT more than a decade ago. NPR flew her in to Baton Rouge to help WRKF cover the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina while she was still based in the North. Here she found her journalistic calling. After getting a Master of Journalism degree from the University of California, Berkeley and taking a detour through online media as a local editor for Patch, she finally returned to public radio and to Baton Rouge in January 2012.

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Total articles 120

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  Orange Co. To Reinstate Indoor Mask Mandate As State Hospitalizations Continue To Rise

  By Amy Jeffries Verified, Elizabeth Baier Verified

  Aug. 11, 2021

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  Vaccination Barriers Continue For Some As NC Health Officials Extend Incentives

  By Cole del Charco Verified, Amy Jeffries Verified

  Jun. 23, 2021

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  Family And Mourners Celebrate The Life Of Andrew Brown, Jr., Call For Justice

  By Jay Price Verified, Amy Jeffries Verified

  May. 03, 2021

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Company Info

KNKX-FM (Tacoma, WA)