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Author: Carolyne Heldman

About 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.

Behind The Lens episode 149: ‘I would say that if I was district attorney’

November 12, 2021 Updated November 12, 2021
Budget hearings: Orleans Parish DA's office, but not the Sheriff's Office. A 'smart cities' proposal draws some privacy concerns. Renaming Lusher Charter School. And school agencies want out of a long-running consent decree.

Behind The Lens episode 148: ‘Best future use’

November 5, 2021 Updated November 5, 2021
The city continues to seek contractors for a plan to turn the Municipal Auditorium into City Hall. Phase III timeline puts FEMA funding at risk. And a look at the upcoming election.

Behind The Lens episode 147: The case-to-quarantine ratio

October 22, 2021 Updated October 22, 2021
School quarantines underreported due to data error. Cantrell's plan for tens of millions in federal COVID relief. And an update in the case of Brandon Jackson.

Neighborhoods Watched: A discussion with the reporters

October 21, 2021 Updated October 21, 2021
Reporters Michael Isaac Stein and Caroline Sinders talk about their five-part series on surveillance in New Orleans.

Behind The Lens episode 146: A parole board matter

October 15, 2021 Updated October 15, 2021
An Angola prisoner says his parole was revoked illegally. An explainer on school COVID data. And a plan to give civilian municipal employees limited police powers.

Behind The Lens episode 145: ‘It’s like we’re in a holding pattern’

October 8, 2021 Updated October 8, 2021
Lens reporter Nicholas Chrastil and Al Jazeera Fault Lines producer Jeremy Young talk about the case of Brandon Jackson and the ongoing impacts of the state's former split jury law.

Behind The Lens episode 144: Real subpoenas

October 1, 2021 Updated October 1, 2021
A settlement in a suit over conditions on death row. And OPSB is asking to subpoena financial records in an ongoing legal dispute with Singleton Charter School.

Behind The Lens episode 142: ‘Due to storm activity in your area’

September 10, 2021 Updated September 10, 2021
The power situation in New Orleans and beyond. Stories of evacuees. How jails, and people inside, have done after the storm. And when schools are coming back.

Behind The Lens episode 141: ‘I’m looking forward to some ice cream’

September 3, 2021 Updated September 3, 2021
Lens co-founder Karen Gadbois talks about her Ida week.

Behind The Lens episode 140: ‘Ready to host’

August 20, 2021 Updated August 20, 2021
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.

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