Features

The Changing Roles and Responses of Reporters

‘… objectivity is a newsroom issue we’ve tackled head-on since the first few days after Katrina hit.’

Personal Circumstances Intersect With Professional Obligations

‘We have become tougher, more aggressive, more skeptical reporters due, at least in part, to the fact that we have a rooting interest in the outcome.’

Observing Everything to Tell the Story of Change

‘I found the timeline of the city’s renaissance in mundane details and in revealing what daily rituals were still altered.’

Lessons in Rebuilding: A House and a Newspaper

After embracing ‘the value of persistent patience,’ an editor shares what he learned in the transformation of the newsroom and the place he calls home.

Investigating What Went Wrong and Why

‘As it turns out, many of the systemic failures that plagued the Gulf Coast during and after Katrina should have been predicted ….’

Impossible to Ignore: A Mental Health Crisis Changes a Community and a Reporter’s Focus

‘Only after several months of covering these issues am I beginning to understand the scope and dimensions of the crisis.’

Survival First, Then Needed Newsroom Adjustments

‘All of the silos were leveled, and the Sun Herald newsroom became a blended team with an intense Katrina focus.’

Telling a Tough Story in Your Own Backyard

Hurricane Katrina is the most difficult assignment of my almost 29-year career with The Associated Press. Three days after the storm flooded the city, it became very clear that this…

The Friends of The Times-Picayune Relief Fund

Soon after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Susan Feeney and three women friends who worked at The Times-Picayune in the 1980’s started The Friends of The Times-Picayune Relief Fund to…

Reminding Readers of What Is No Longer There

An Essay in Words and Photographs