Community Engagement Producer, Gulf States Newsroom
Nellie Beckett is the community engagement producer at the Gulf States Newsroom, a public radio collaborative across Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. She works at the intersection of relationship and storytelling, in a world where content might be abundant but connection is in short supply. With a background in public service, she’s a Mid Atlantic transplant who’s passionate about the Deep South. She cares deeply about facilitating opportunities for authentic expression, listening, and enrichment. You can often find her driving the back roads of the Gulf States, finding the best hubs for conversation, connection, and coffee in small towns, or roaming the Magic City with beloved community. She lives in Birmingham, AL with her husband, the designer Nolen Strals.