Behind The Lens episode 148: ‘Best future use’
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.
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 147: The case-to-quarantine ratio
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
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
An Angola prisoner says his parole was revoked illegally.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’
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
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’
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’
Lens co-founder Karen Gadbois talks about her Ida week.
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.
Behind The Lens episode 139: ‘We don’t have much good news today’
A spike of COVID cases in prisons. City schools report 116 cases, hundreds of quarantines. And a potential ban on some political contributions for City Council candidates.
