Inside the Creative Mind of
Caegan Moore
By Breakthru Media Staff
Local television stations are always
coming up with innovative ways
to tell the stories of the people
of New Orleans. Those storytellers take
pride in reflecting, through media, the
unique ways food, music, and traditions
are expressed. As we enter the city's
tricentennial, it continues to be an
opportunity to document the present
for the future. An opportunity most
journalists take pride in.
“It’s an interesting time for the New
Orleans creative scene,” said Caegan. “It
feels like people- Millennials especially-
are plugged into an energy that’s pushing
the city’s culture forward in the arts and
social movements, as well as business
and politics. I feel lucky watching it all
unfold.”
Those scenes, Caegan said, play such
an important role in bringing The 504 to
life. Caegan is the producer behind the
half-hour entertainment, trending topics,
and lifestyle talk show airing on WUPLMy
54 (sister station of WWL-TV).
“It’s definitely an energy we tap into
for the show. I can’t say enough about
how excited I am to share our television
platform with so many amazing, amazing
creators,” she continued.
An energetic spirit is what helped set
Caegan, who was born and raised in
Houma, LA, on the path to a broadcast
television career.
“My father Bruce Moore, Sr. and I
would read the Houma Courier together
most days of the week,” she said. “He'd
pass me each section of the newspaper
after he was done reading it.”
“Later, I became such an MTV, BET,
and Nickelodeon kid. Pop culture was
really my thing,” continued. “One of my
early ambitions was to create a music
magazine like Vibe or become a VJ.”
She attended Allen J. Ellender
Memorial High School where she wrote
for the school newspaper and was a
member of the yearbook staff. It was
around that same time she served, briefly,
as a stringer for the Houma Courier, the
same paper she read with her father.
“My parents were always very
supportive of anything I or my younger
brother wanted to do,” she said. “My
parents hardly ever missed a performance
and clipped out every one of my articles.”
When deciding on what college to
go to, the idea of studying broadcasting
really excited her. In 2003, Caegan
moved to New Orleans to attend
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