The publisher of daily newspapers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge is launching a digital news service in northwest Louisiana. Georges Media Group said in a Monday news release that it will hire 10 journalists for the Shreveport-Bossier Advocate. The staff will live and work in the Shreveport and Bossier City area and will focus on “in-depth local news.” Georges Media Group publishes The Advocate in Baton Rouge and The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate in New Orleans. It also publishes Gambit Weekly in New Orleans and The Acadiana Advocate, focusing on the Acadiana region.
