Staff expansion continues as more readers, donors and partners appreciate out work.
Inside the News Room
Now in our fourth year, The Lens has new website, office, funding
Pulitzer winner Bob Marshall to cover environment for The Lens
Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental journalist Bob Marshall has joined the staff of The Lens, where he will bring his widely recognized expertise to bear on issues of wetlands restoration, flood protection and coastal erosion. Marshall was a reporter and columnist at The Times-Picayune for more than 30 years.
The Lens awarded $25,000 for charter school reporting project
Recognizing the important coverage of charter schools by The Lens, two local philanthropies have made another round of grants, this year totaling $25,000. The Greater New Orleans Foundation today awarded $10,000 in an IMPACT 2012 grant to The Lens’ Charter School Reporting Corps, a two-year-old effort aimed at covering the city’s 50-plus charter school boards.
The Lens receives nonprofit designation after 26-month wait
Replay: Thursday night panel on future of media in New Orleans
For a reporter, New Orleans is simply irresistible
The Lens hires prizewinner Tyler Bridges to cover public policy
WWNO-FM, The Lens shift collaborative strategy to play to strengths
The University of New Orleans, which operates WWNO-FM, today announced revised plans to support a collaborative, nonprofit multimedia news operation, expanding the reporting role of The Lens and increasing the NPR affiliate’s focus on news and cultural information. The new plan shifts the effort from creating NewOrleansReporter.org and its newsroom to building on the established expertise, brand and platform of The Lens, at TheLensNola.org.
