Features

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

Telling a Tough Story in Your Own Backyard

An Essay in Words and Photographs

Journalism Driven By Passion

‘… we’re totally comfortable with the view that New Orleans should survive. As a newspaper, we’re clear on that position.’

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.

A Tragedy Illuminates the Ethical Dimensions of Picture Taking

An Essay in Words and Photographs

Keeping Katrina’s Aftermath Alive

‘Anyone who visits New Orleans knows the story is far from over.’

A Steadfast Editorial Voice

‘… anything that does not have a practical application appears pompous in print in the aftermath of genuine disaster and tragedy.’