SPJ Louisiana welcomes new board member Melanie Warner Spencer

Melanie is managing editor of Louisiana Life and Acadiana Profile magazines and editor of New Orleans Bride Magazine, New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles and Acadiana Weddings Magazine. Spencer is a native Kentuckian, but says she got to New Orleans as fast as she could.

For 19 years, Spencer has covered news, lifestyle, design and entertainment at various publications, serving as the design columnist at The Austin American-Statesman, a senior staff reporter at The Houston Chronicle and as the editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Houston Brides magazine. Her work also has appeared in The Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post and Reuters in the United States and across the globe. Melanie is also an award-winning fine art and editorial photographer. She has been honored by the Texas Press Association for her editorial photography, by the Press Club of New Orleans for writing and editing and by the International and Regional Magazine Association for…