Marisa Charpentier
Assistant Digital EditorMarisa Charpentier is KUT's assistant digital editor. She joined KUT as a digital producer in January 2020. After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin with degrees in journalism and Plan II Honors in 2018, she worked as a reporter for Community Impact Newspaper, covering the Central Texas communities of Cedar Park and Leander.
She is originally from St. Louis but grew up in Flower Mound, Texas. You can email her at mcharpentier@kut.org.
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No matter the season, the iconic Austin dive bar off Justin Lane is filled with snow globes, Christmas trees and strings of red and green lights. But the story behind how this decor came to be is always changing. -
Austin has grown a lot in recent years — and the East Side has been impacted the most. To understand the city's pattern of displacement, we have to go back to 1928. -
El Proyecto de Reducción de Plásticos quiere ayudar a los habitantes de Austin a depender menos de los envases, tenedores, vasos y bolsas de plástico que usamos una vez y luego tiramos. -
Only a small fraction of plastic waste in the U.S. ends up being recycled. The Plastic Reduction Project wants to help people in Austin rely less on the plastic containers, forks, cups and bags we use once and then toss out.
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One of the oldest homes still standing in Austin was once known as The Chateau. Its residents hosted legendary parties that were often safe spaces for gay people in the 1960s and '70s. Today, the home is boarded up — but there’s a new effort brewing to ensure it’s preserved. -
Making an official disaster declaration can help the local governments access funds from FEMA for recovery efforts. It will also allow for additional state support. -
Durante la tormenta invernal y falta de electricidad, la Ciudad de Austin ha estado bajo críticas por falta de suficiente comunicación. El alcalde Kirk Watson empezó la conferencia de prensa el Viernes pidiendo disculpas. -
Austin Energy is 'cautiously optimistic' about repairs, but 110,000 customers still don't have powerThroughout the winter storm and power outages, the City of Austin has come under fire for a lack of sufficient communication. Mayor Kirk Watson began Friday morning's press conference by apologizing.
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More than 140,000 Austin Energy customers don't have power. It's not clear when they'll get it back.Originally, Austin Energy said outages would last 12 to 24 hours, but now the utility says it doesn't have an estimate for when everything will be resolved. -
The roosters were scheduled to be euthanized on Wednesday, but homes were found for them just in time.
