
Justin Mitchell
Managing Editor| The New Orleans Advocate at The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
Managing Editor, Audience Engagement for @nolanews. @poynter fellow. @sunherald, @mcclatchy alum. he/him. 🏳️🌈
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nola.com | Justin Mitchell |Chelsea Shannon
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nola.com | Justin Mitchell
There's a clear frontrunner this year at Rocco's Pizzeria and Cantina, where college baseball fans, influencers and chicken finger tycoons all converge for the College World Series with one goal in mind — win the Jell-O shot contest. And the LSU Tigers are in the No. 1 spot of the eight teams in the tournament, with 20,279 cups of booze-filled gelatin purchased by the time Rocco's closed Monday night.
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sunherald.com | Justin Mitchell
On the first Saturday of the 2025 hurricane season, weather experts and storm chasers from the U.S. met up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for a "hurricane party" like no other. National Weather Service meteorologists, U.S. Air Force Hurricane Hunters, Jim Cantore, Margaret Orr and Jefferson Parish council member Scott Walker mixed and mingled at a new, New Orleans-like cottage in the heart of Bay St. Louis.
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Justin Mitchell
On the first Saturday of the 2025 hurricane season, weather experts and storm chasers from the U.S. met up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for a "hurricane party" like no other. National Weather Service meteorologists, U.S. Air Force Hurricane Hunters, Jim Cantore, Margaret Orr and even Jefferson Parish Councilman Scott Walker mixed and mingled at a new, New Orleans-like cottage in the heart of Bay St. Louis.
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theadvocate.com | Justin Mitchell
The skies were still pitch black at when beaver-crazed superfans began lining up outside the newest Buc-ee's Travel Center off Interstate 10 in Pass Christian, Mississippi. A massive red-and-yellow beaver sign welcome guests traveling to the megastore that opened to the public at 6 a.m. Monday.
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I mean, duh! New Orleans named the best food city in the world in 2025. Here's how we came out on top, and which restaurants were mentioned. @chelseathesnack @NOLAnews https://t.co/7Dr7EZyBEE

Living in New Orleans goes something like this: James Franco and Patrick Schwarzenegger were at the same event as you, mixing and mingling, and you were too mesmerized by drag queens to notice. @NOLAnews https://t.co/nXSwhoa3c2

Jim Cantore & other hurricane experts are speaking out after NOAA and NWS layoffs by DOGE: "Informing the public with life-saving weather information is something that should be supported by all Americans," one meteorologist said. @NOLAnews https://t.co/08SOdp5UYu