About

Alena Maschke is an award-winning journalist based in Lafayette, Louisiana, where she currently serves as managing editor of The Current, a nonprofit newsroom focused on local investigative and accountability journalism. She’s covered disaster recovery, immigration, health, crime, business and local government for the Times-Picayune | The Advocate, The Long Beach Post/Business Journal and the The Desert Sun. She’s been recognized for her public service journalism, breaking news coverage, business writing and news writing.