Tyler Pratt

Tyler is the Interim Managing Editor for the Gulf States Newsroom. He hails from West Texas but likes to call New Orleans home. He has over a decade of experience as a jack-of-all-trades at public radio stations across the U.S. -- most recently as news director at KHOL in Jackson, Wyoming, and earlier this decade as assistant news director at WLVR in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley where he helped launch a newsroom at the start of the pandemic. He's also told audio stories at KUT and KUTX in Austin; WNYC in New York; KCBX in California, and the Southern Foodways Alliance podcast Gravy in New Orleans. He's a Columbia Journalism School alum who's passionate about reporting on housing and affordability, social justice and LGBTQ+ issues. He loves helping reporters new to audio learn how to make great radio stories. Currently residing in Birmingham Alabama, when he's not diving into a big feature edit you can probably find him tearing up up a dance floor, working on strength and fitness, catching a Saints football game, exploring Latin America, researching his next vacation or just generally vibing out over house music, tacos, barbecue and the world of tequilas and mezcals.