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

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

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

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

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…

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…

An Essay in Words and Photographs

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

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.

An Essay in Words and Photographs