Angela Owens joins us to talk about her work covering the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and the destruction in Western North Caroline.  Angela covered the story for the Wall Street Journal and shares her experiences on the ground in Asheville and the region.

Angela is a photo editor at The Wall Street Journal, where she has been annoying her colleagues with animal trivia since 2017.

She was previously a multimedia editor at STAT/Boston Globe Media, covering health and life sciences news, and performing dual roles in the photo and social media departments. She began her career as a staff photographer for The Daily Item, documenting communities on the North Shore of Massachusetts.

She earned a B.S. in Business at North Carolina State University before graduate school studying photojournalism at Boston University. She also studied documentary photography at the Duke University Center for Documentary Studies.

Angela has juried competitions for the National Press Photographers Association and MassArt.

She is FAA Part 107 certified. She also has HEFAT certification.

Doubling as a reporter, she has written about wolves, elk antlers, fat baby bears, beloved old bears, and remote subarctic towns for The Wall Street Journal.

A person rides their bike through the River Arts District in Asheville, NC on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.

People survey the damage in the River Arts district in Asheville, NC on Oct. 1, 2024

People survey the damage in the River Arts district in Asheville, NC on Oct. 1, 2024

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