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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.’

A Forceful Voice About a City’s Survival

With the ‘transformative power of anger, I was converted into a full-time columnist who took on the serious work of defending a city.’

The Long Road to a Wide Bend

The Times-Picayune’s ‘focus has gradually shifted away from how the city will be rebuilt to how it is — now, in the present tense.’
Images Evoke Memories and Emotions

Images Evoke Memories and Emotions

An Essay in Words and Photographs

Fall 2007: Introduction

It’s been two years since Hurricane Katrina’s destructive force riveted the eyes of the world on the suffering of those left in its wake. In that time, newspapers in New…