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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 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.

Behind The Lens episode 139: ‘We don’t have much good news today’

August 13, 2021 Updated August 13, 2021
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.

Behind The Lens episode 138: ‘It’s something we don’t have a specific copy of’

August 6, 2021 Updated August 6, 2021
Live outdoor music in question as city delays action on zoning, noise. A rise in COVID cases in prisons leads to reopening of quarantine facility. And many New Orleans high school students will have to be vaccinated to play sports or join clubs.

Behind The Lens episode 137: ‘Until the surge subsides’

July 30, 2021 Updated July 31, 2021
NOLA Public Schools backs off closing Singleton. The City Council gets involved in the Phase III fight. And how schools and the courts are handling the COVID surge.

Behind The Lens episode 136: ‘That’s up to you all’

July 23, 2021 Updated July 23, 2021
Cantrell tells opponents of her Municipal Auditorium plan to come up with something on their own — with no city assistance. ICE accused of releasing people into unsafe conditions. And a new mask 'advisory' for New Orleans.

Behind The Lens episode 135: ‘A quarter for the Quarter’

July 16, 2021 Updated July 16, 2021
A forensic audit reveals new details about Singleton Charter School's background check problems. A dispute over whether hotel rooms should be included in the French Quarter security tax. And more politicians oppose a mandated new jail facility.

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