On May 22 at Loyola University, The Lens’ Bob Marshall moderated a discussion among experts about the condition of the Louisiana coast and what can be done to restore it.

Appearing on the panel:

  • John Barry, author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America
  • David Muth, head of the National Wildlife Federation’s Louisiana Coastal Project
  • Anne Rolfes, founder of Louisiana Bucket Brigade
  • Kerry St. Pé, head of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program
  • Aaron Viles, deputy director at the Gulf Restoration Network

The event was co-hosted by The Lens, Loyola  and WWNO-FM. Sonya Duhé, director of Loyola’s School of Mass Communication, introduces the panel at the beginning of the video.

Steve Myers was editor of The Lens. Before joining the staff in 2012, Myers was managing editor of Poynter Online, the preeminent source of news and training about the journalism industry. At Poynter,...