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SOPHIE KASAKOVE

I’m a reporter at The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. I’m an accountability reporter with a focus on politics and housing/homelessness issues. Previously I was a housing reporter at The Baltimore Banner. Before that, I was a fellow on the National desk at the New York Times, where I reported breaking news and enterprise stories across the country. I’ve also covered labor and economic issues at the News & Observer in Raleigh, NC as a Report for America fellow, and covered the environment in Louisiana as a freelance reporter.

You can contact me at skasakove@gmail.com.

Gov. Jeff Landry’s office hits back at Nungesser over Border Patrol comments: ‘Disappointing’, The Times-Picayune, 12/11/25

Vendors, performers have seen a crackdown on Bourbon Street. Will it continue?, The Times-Picayune, 10/19/25

How would the New Orleans mayoral candidates work with Gov. Jeff Landry, state?, The Times-Picayune, 9/1/25

What’s it like inside Gov. Jeff Landry’s New Orleans homeless shelter? Residents speak out, The Times-Picayune, 2/21/25

A historic Marigny home became an eyesore, so the city intervened. Was demolition the right answer?, The Times-Picayune, 7/21/25

‘The big gap’: As New Orleans tries to get the unhoused off the street, a barrier arises, The Times-Picayune, 12/15/24

Officials face up to $1 billion funding shortfall for New Orleans roadwork, The Times-Picayune, 6/15/24

New Orleans swore off sheltering people in the city during hurricanes. That’s changed., The Times-Picayune, 8/4/24

For Storm Victims, Rebuilding Becomes the Disaster After the Disaster, The New York Times, 2/27/22

Investors are Buying Mobile Home Parks. Residents Are Paying a Price. The New York Times, 3/27/22

In California, a New Fight to Stop Building in the Path of Fire, The New York Times, 1/26/22