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    The Gulf States Newsroom Builds Connections for Better Journalism

    From her start as a "managing editor with no one to manage and nothing to edit," Priska Neely has spent nearly two years creating a network of powerhouse reporters and a rich body of stories.
    by Anna Sirianni Mar 15, 2022 6 minutes
    Members of the Gulf States Newsroom team on a Zoom call.

    Priska Neely made some of the biggest decisions of her career in her sister's Maryland sunroom, 700-some miles away from her new life. She had just taken the helm of a new initiative that relocated her to Birmingham, Alabama.

    Neely started her role as the first managing editor of the Gulf States Newsroom in September 2020. It's a regional effort to connect local Member stations in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana to one another and with NPR. It's one of several growing hubs in the NPR/Member station Collaborative Journalism Network.

    Neely – an award-winning public radio journalist who worked with Reveal, Member station KPCC in Pasadena, California, All Things Considered, and Talk of the Nation – was tasked with hiring staff and fostering collaborations with participating stations. She was starting from scratch to unite the new network, as she had spent most of her career in Los Angeles and Washington, DC.

    Parts of the Gulf states region are considered news deserts, as

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