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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 112: Virtual standstill

January 22, 2021 Updated March 11, 2021
A growing backlog in Criminal District Court. And a drop in public school attendance from before the pandemic.

Behind The Lens episode 111: Looks like we have a few people missing today

January 15, 2021 Updated March 11, 2021
Chronically absent students. Property tax cuts for businesses. And a new DA is inaugurated in Orleans Parish.

Behind The Lens episode 110: Smooth, orderly and seamless

January 8, 2021 Updated March 11, 2021
Cantrell ends furloughs for some employees. City schools move back to virtual. And older prisoners will soon get the vaccine.

Behind The Lens episode 109: Slow news year

December 18, 2020 Updated March 11, 2021
More ITEP requests from Folgers. Emails reveal more about NOPD's use of facial recognition. And a look back at The Lens' coverage of everything that was 2020.

Behind The Lens episode 108: We voted

December 11, 2020 Updated March 11, 2021
A wrap on last week's election from our panel of reporters.

Behind The Lens episode 107: ‘But that isn’t true’

December 4, 2020 Updated March 11, 2021
The Proposition 2 campaign. DA candidates pledge a comprehensive review of non-unanimous jury verdicts. The OPSB races. And rising COVID cases in schools.

Behind The Lens episode 106: No Thanks

November 20, 2020 Updated March 11, 2021
NOPD using facial recognition software. Religious schools facing additional legal scrutiny after taking PPP loans. And non-unanimous jury verdicts — we haven't quite gotten past them.

Behind The Lens episode 105: Fair Share

November 13, 2020 Updated March 11, 2021
The Kennedy HS lawsuit. City budget hearings in a tough year. A controversial tax proposal on the ballot. And New Orleans public defenders are demanding parity with the DA's office.

Behind The Lens episode 104: ‘Indefinitely and perpetually’

November 6, 2020 Updated March 11, 2021
A wrap on Tuesday's local elections. (Those have actually ended.) And the Wisner Trust is back in the news again.

Behind The Lens episode 103: ‘Safeguarded and removed as far as humanly possible from any form of political influence’

October 23, 2020 Updated March 11, 2021
The OPSB elections. Civil Service and the Mayor's Office. And more material witness warrants connected to a DA candidate.

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