Articles By Tierra Smith

Tierra Smith stumbled onto her love of writing when she was accidentally enrolled in a journalism course at her high school in Houston. Now a rising senior at Grambling State University, the 21-year-old is majoring in mass communications with a concentration in sports journalism.

Sports

The University of Louisiana-Lafayette defeated the University of Arizona in Super Regional best-of-three tournament. The Ragin’ Cajuns credit a majority of their success to their fan base. The College Women’s World Series is May 29 through June 4.

Sports

The University of Louisiana-Lafayette softball team will host the Super Regional tournament series against the University of Arizona at Lamson Park in Lafayette. All of the tickets are sold for this best-of-three series.

Students

Ian Kullgren has been worshiping The New York Times since he was a teenager. Mr. Kullgren covered a shooting and a bomb threat at high school’s newspaper, which showed him the importance of journalism.

Blog

Blog

The New York Times Student Journalism Institute in New Orleans for 2014 is now concluded. We will resume in May 2015 in Tucson, Arizona.

In Focus

The National Weather Service of New Orleans/Baton Rouge issued a flash flood watch Wednesday afternoon remaining into effect through Thursday evening.