Ramon Antonio Vargas

@RVargasWrites

Weekend editor, The Guardian US. | [email protected] Previously: Times-Picayune (2008-13); New Orleans Advocate (2013-19); T-P | TNOA (2019-22).

New Orleans, LA

Joined July 2009

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Ramon Antonio Vargas@RVargasWrites · May 22

My biography on Tony Canzoneri (Family, Gangsters and Champions) won the gold medal for best southern US nonfiction book at the 2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards!

RVargasWrites's tweet image. My biography on Tony Canzoneri (Family, Gangsters and Champions) won the gold medal for best southern US nonfiction book at the 2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards!

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David Hammer@davidhammerWWL · Jun 27

My ⁦@WWLTV⁩ story with ⁦@RVargasWrites⁩ outlined this groundbreaking case in 2021 & 4 yrs later a federal jury awards New Orleans clergy abuse survivor almost $2.4M. wwltv.com/mobile/article…

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Ramon Antonio Vargas@RVargasWrites · Jun 27

A Catholic religious order has been told to pay a survivor of abuse as a child at the hands of a religious brother in New Orleans nearly $2.4m in damages. It is the first such verdict since Louisiana legalized suing for damages over long ago abuse. | theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

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Ramon Antonio Vargas@RVargasWrites · Jun 20

Starting now

DDavid Hammer@davidhammerWWL · Jun 20

Excited to share the secrets, the triumphs, the ups and downs of my enduring partnership with @RVargasWrites @GuardianUS at #IRE today at 10:15. #IRE25

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David Hammer@davidhammerWWL · Jun 12

'I thought I was going to vomit': Victim watches parole hearing as priest admits sexual attraction. He was 16 when Father Patrick Wattigny began texting him. My ⁦@WWLTV⁩⁩ exclusive with ⁦@RVargasWrites⁩ ⁦@GuardianUS⁩ wwltv.com/mobile/article…

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Ramon Antonio Vargas@RVargasWrites · Jun 5

Louisiana's legislature has voted to outlaw grooming via a statute championed by a survivor of New Orleans's Catholic clergy molestation scandal, his wife and her father, who is a state senator. | theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

RVargasWrites's tweet card. Tim Gioe, who was befriended and abused by a priest as a child, hopes other states are inspired to adopt similar laws

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Ramon Antonio Vargas@RVargasWrites · May 28

The former cop who pleaded guilty in 2016 to a role in the drugging and rape scheme that also sent former NFL player Darren Sharper to prison has been transferred to a halfway house as he nears the completion of his sentence | theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

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Ramon Antonio Vargas@RVargasWrites · May 22

Thanks for boosting our take on this big development in the New Orleans church bankruptcy @WAdrewhawkins

ddrew hawkins@WAdrewhawkins · May 22

the Archdiocese of New Orleans agreed to pay almost $180 million to survivors of clergy sexual abuse. But many survivors aren’t on board with the settlement. An explainer: (And go check out @RVargasWrites and @davidhammerWWL extensive reporting on this)

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