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Behind The Lens episode 140: ‘Ready to host’

New Orleans & Co. pulls its national tourism ad campaign. A car chase initiated by a state trooper leads to a crash in Lakeview. And a dramatic increase in cases and quarantines among city students and school staff.
by Carolyne Heldman

This week on Behind The Lens, as the fourth surge drags on, the marketing agency for New Orleans tourism pulls its national ad campaign.

In criminal justice news, a high-speed car chase involving the Louisiana State Police resulted in injury for a seven-month-old child. And COVID cases were down this week in prisons statewide after a big jump a week ago. 

COVID cases and quarantines among New Orleans public schools students and staff are up dramatically while the OPSB votes on a vaccine mandate for its employees.

Our guests this week are government and cultural economy reporter Michael Isaac Stein, criminal justice reporter Nick Chrasti, and Lens editor Charles Maldonado.

Behind The Lens is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Stitcher. And we broadcast the show on community radio stations 102.3 FM WHIV LP in Mid-City and 90.3 FM WAMF-LP in the Marigny.

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Carolyne Heldman

Carolyne Heldman has been in media for 35 years, most recently as Executive Director at an NPR member station in Colorado where she was responsible for new multi-platform content initiatives, strategic planning, research, branding, and non-traditional revenue generation. During her tenure she also created and launched four weekly news, public affairs and cultural affairs programs and monthly live Town Hall broadcasts. Heldman moved to New Orleans last summer with her husband and canine companion and they live happily in The Marigny.

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