Behind The Lens episode 188: ‘If the city gets its wish’
Reporters discuss asthma-related health data, Orleans Parish Public Defender funding and potential New Orleans city charter changes in 2023.
Author: Carolyne Heldman
- About Carolyne Heldman
- Carolyne Heldman Rovira has been in media for 35 years, and is currently the podcast host and producer for Behind The Lens. Heldman served as executive director at Aspen Public Radio, an NPR affiliate, where she launched four weekly news, public affairs, and cultural affairs programs. She has been a guest lecturer at Tulane University, is a frequent guest and moderator for the Aspen Institute, Rocky Mountain Institute, and the American Enterprise Institute.
Behind The Lens Episode 187: ‘It looked like JPSO was digging up dirt on this teenager’
Reporter Nick Chrastil looks into the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office expansive requests for search warrants of a 16-year-old who died in custody. Reporter Michael Isaac Stein tells us about the New Orleans Office of Inspector General's plans for 2023.
Behind The Lens Episode 186: ‘There was a real power struggle at the time’
Environmental reporter Joshua Rosenberg recaps a visit to Lake Charles where shrimpers and activists launched a flotilla outside an LNG conference. City government reporter Michael Isaac Stein recaps the new "Healthy Homes" ordinance and explains the charter change giving City Council more oversight over mayoral appointees.
Behind The Lens Episode 185: ‘intended to inflict mental torture’
Nick Chrastil on "inhumane" conditions and mental health care services at David Wade Correctional Center. And Terry Jones joins us from Floodlight News to talk about abandoned well heads.
Behind The Lens Episode 184: ‘The price per square-foot is a little more than half what residents expected’
Behind The Lens episode 183: ‘a self-tithing business’
Behind The Lens episode 182: ‘police aren’t being utilized correctly’
Behind The Lens episode 181: ‘This is paradise’
A carbon sequestration project has residents worried about the future of Lake Maurepas. A mental health crisis intervention program in New Orleans. And The Lens' newsroom has a new editor.
Behind The Lens episode 180: ‘Time to go back to the drawing board’
A DOJ official warns the state against transferring juveniles to Angola. A judge cancels state permits for Formosa. An alleged staff assault on a New Orleans public schools student. And the latest in transparency from the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office.
Behind The Lens episode 179: ‘Our best option’
A three-day court hearing on the state's plan to transfer juveniles to a facility at Angola. And the latest on the planned relocation of Gordon Plaza residents.
