Louisiana Public Broadcasting's Dorothea Wilson, co-anchor and reporter for "Louisiana: The State We're In," died unexpectedly on Tuesday, the statewide network announced on Thursday. She was 42.

Wilson joined the LPB news team in September 2024. Originally from New Orleans' West Bank, Wilson's journalism career took her north to Monroe, and then to Little Rock, Arkansas, before her interest in being closer to family and an opportunity at LPB brought her back home to south Louisiana.

When she began at LPB, Wilson remarked, “I remembered all the shows that I grew up watching on PBS and wanted to be a part of the mission and vision of the network and to share compelling stories about our great state.”

LPB will honor Wilson during the 7 p.m. broadcast of "Louisiana: The State We're In" on

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