Jan Risher is a Features Editor at The Advocate. With over 20 years of experience writing a weekly column focused on Acadiana, she explores themes related to culture and society, travel and tourism, health and wellness, and the arts. Jan's work has been featured in the Marietta Daily Journal, Calhoun Times, The Advocate, and NOLA.com.
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Jan Risher's coverage suggests a focus on local lifestyle and cultural topics, particularly related to Louisiana. She frequently contributes articles about house & home, family & relationships, and entertainment news with an emphasis on events, how-to guides, and announcements.
To effectively engage with Jan Risher for potential contributions or collaborations, consider offering content ideas aligned with her established themes. Topics related to Louisiana culture, cooking (especially with a local flair), family dynamics within the regional context of Louisiana life would likely resonate well.
Given her frequent event coverage and publication of how-to guides, pitching content that aligns with these formats while staying true to her thematic areas could be effective for engagement.
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By: Jan Risher
of 2 Kindergarten students created Louisiana-themed postcards to help launch the 2026 Postcard Project.
By: Jan Risher
I moved to Louisiana the same year the Blue Moon Guest House and Saloon opened in Lafayette. First, my family stayed there.
By: Jan Risher
The Chicken Shack's Troy Carter leaves a voicemail message that features more than just the restaurant's menu on Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
By: Jan Risher
The UL Ragin' Cajuns were sent to the Starkville Regional and will open with a 6 p.m. game against Cincinnati on Friday.
By: Jan Risher
Paddling through a Mississippi River tributary channel Camping on island no. 67 on the Mississippi River
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of 13 Twelve Louisiana women loaded into a van in Clarksdale, Mississippi, on May 1, carrying, among other things, a lifetime of warnings about the Mississippi River.
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Troy Carter’s chair was empty Tuesday morning at the Chicken Shack, marked with a large black bow. Bouquets of flowers sat on a table beside Carter’s chair
By: Jan Risher
Christiana Welsch holds the Robert Critchfield Chair of English History at the College of Wooster in Ohio, where she is a historian of the British Empire with a focus on India.
By: Jan Risher
Before we married, my husband always had a television on. Not necessarily at a volume he could hear from another room, but on — in the kitchen, the living room, the bedroom, his office.
By: Jan Risher
of 5 Jan Risher took a walk each day for a week and looked down, picking up the bits and beads she found along the way.
