Author

Jed Horne

Jed Horne was an editor and reporter with The Times-Picayune in New Orleans for 20 years before leaving in 2007 to write books. He is the author of “Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City,” published by Random House in 2006.

Trauma in New Orleans: In the Wake of Katrina

Journalists and a poet explore this story’s intimacy, its emotional power, and its cultural significance.

Bypassing the Easy Stories in the Big Easy

An editor and author urges out-of-town journalists to park their preconceptions at the city’s edge and be prepared to do some digging to find the news.