Jarvis DeBerry - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

I write opinion pieces in New Orleans, one of the newsiest towns around. Previous roles at The Times-Picayune have included covering the courts in St. Tammany Parish and crime in the River Parishes.

Content

Total articles 1782

• Opinion | Why this Jackie Robinson Day feels different than all the others

  By Jarvis DeBerry Verified| MSNBC Verified They say there are no stupid questions in journalism, and I tested that theory as a college newspaper reporter when I asked an MLB legend about the even more legendary Jackie Robinson. Was Robinson picked over more talented Negro League players to integrate baseball, I asked eight-time All-Star and former National League President Bill White, “because he was so nice?”White apparently hadn’t gotten the memo about there being no stupid questions. “Nice?!” he shot back.

  By Jarvis DeBerry Verified · MSNBC

  Apr. 15, 2025

• Opinion | Trump wants FEMA gone. But that could be its own kind of disaster.

  By Jarvis DeBerry Verified| MSNBC Verified People who inhabited the wasteland that followed Hurricane Katrina in 2005 can tell you stories about the local government official who criticized the government’s insufficient response by wearing a T-shirt that played on FEMA’s acronym, which read, “Fix Everything My Ass!”Indeed, it’s hard to think of a federal agency that people in South Louisiana hated more those days than the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

  By Jarvis DeBerry Verified · MSNBC

  Mar. 27, 2025

• Trump wants FEMA gone. But that could be its own kind of disaster.

  By Jarvis DeBerry Verified| Flipboard@ 1 hour agoOne of America’s Most Dangerous Volcanoes Is Preparing to BlowMount Spurr has been showing signs of an eruption since last year, but scientists think one is even more imminent. Scientists monitoring Alaska’s Mount Spurr said seismic activity continues to rise, indicating that the volcano is moving toward an eruption. • The major risk of a Mount Spurr eruption is …NowTrump Administration Live Updates: Mass Layoffs Announced at Health and Human Services Dept.

  By Jarvis DeBerry Verified · Flipboard

  Mar. 27, 2025

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MSNBC

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