RoA Conversations w Katie Jane Fe...

RoA Conversations w Katie Jane Fernelius (Verite News)

Reporting on Addiction Conversations by Reporting on Addiction
S1 · E3
Sep 24, 2026
26:57

Episode notes

Katie Jane Fernelius is a government and politics reporter with Verite News. Today, we talk about their recent reporting on opioid settlement spending in Lousiana at the sheriff level and in Jefferson Parish.

Check out their reporting:

https://veritenews.org/author/katie-fernelius/

https://veritenews.org/2026/08/27/louisiana-opioid-settlement-sheriff-spending/

https://veritenews.org/2026/05/28/opioid-settlement-jefferson-parish/

What Katie is reading, watching, and listening to:

https://marlonjameswriter.com/

https://www.michaelwclune.com/white-out-1

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Keywords

Reporting on Addiction
Opioid Settlements
Verte News