Missy Wilkinson covers crime and development as a staff writer at The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate, and she chronically overshares as a freelancer. Her bylines have appeared in VICE, Cosmopolitan, Business Insider, HuffPost, Jackson Free Press, and Thrillist, among others. Prior to joining The Times-Picayune, she was an editor at Vox Media’s real estate vertical, Curbed New Orleans, and special sections editor at Gambit Weekly. Her hobbies include pole dancing and taking pictures of her exceptionally beautiful cats. She's on Twitter as @missy_wilkinson and Instagram as @nowlistenmissy