It’s an informational series unlike any of its kind in New Orleans — a chance for our readers to mingle with the people making news around the city and state.
Breakfast with the Newsmakers will be a regular monthly event presented by The Lens. We’ll host a guest speaker involved in the day’s news at the historic Basin St. Station on the edge of the French Quarter.
The public is invited to a live interview conducted by our award-winning Lens reporters and editors, followed by an audience Q&A.
Each event will be streamed online and stored on The Lens website for readers unable to attend.
![Bob Marshall]( http://thelensnola.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bob-marshall-headshot.jpg)
![John Barry]( http://thelensnola.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Barry-bio-pic-210.jpg)
Please join us Thursday, Nov. 21 for the inaugural Breakfast with the Newsmakers, with guest John Barry.
The Lens’ environmental reporter, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Marshall, will talk with John Barry, who is leading the charge to sue the oil and gas industry for damages to Louisiana’s coast. An audience question-and-answer session will follow.
Where: Basin St. Station & Visitors’ Center, 4th Floor, 501 Basin Street
Date: Thursday, Nov. 21
Time: 8-9 a.m.
7:30 a.m.: Doors open for breakfast and networking
8 a.m.: Bob Marshall interviews John Barry
8:40 a.m.: Audience Q&A
Admission free to Lens members at the Friend level and above.
Suggested donation $10 for non-members.
Basin St. Station meeting facilities are generously donated to our Breakfast with the Newsmakers series by Michael Valentino and Jay Valentino, developers of the cultural website New Orleans & Me.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
To reserve your spot, please email Eileen Loh, at eloh@TheLensNola.org.
For information about sponsorship opportunities for Breakfast with the Newsmakers,
please email eloh@TheLensNola.org or give Eileen a call at (504) 345-6789.