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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.
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Behind The Lens episode 260: ‘Tough Transitions’

December 12, 2024 Updated December 12, 2024
Marta Jewson on the annual December announcement of which charter schools will close. Delaney Dryfoos on work to revitalize Maurepas Swamp.
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Behind The Lens episode 259: Opinion: ‘The education situation’

December 9, 2024 Updated December 9, 2024
In a special episode, Adrinda Kelly, the founding Executive Director of Black Education for New Orleans (BE NOLA), whose mission is to support Black educators and Black-led schools, reflects on two decades of changes in New Orleans education.
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Behind The Lens episode 258: ‘Floodplains’

November 30, 2024 Updated November 30, 2024
Delaney Dryfoos and Eric Schmid on new insurance models Mississippi River towns are leaning on. Nick Chrastil on juveniles leaving the Jackson Parish Jail.
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Behind The Lens episode 257: ‘Creating new reefs’

November 22, 2024 Updated November 22, 2024
Delaney Dryfoos and La'Shance Perry on "Cajun Coral," a type of 3D printed coral used to help rebuild living reefs. Marta Jewson on the NOLA Public Schools' $36 million budget shortfall and superintendent's midyear resignation.
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Behind The Lens episode 256: ‘A Tricky Endeavor’

November 15, 2024 Updated November 15, 2024
Delaney Dryfoos a federal rule to eliminate lead pipes in the next decade. Nick Chrastil on changes to federal welfare money. Jay Marcano on the call for Tulane University to divest from fossil fuels.
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Behind The Lens episode 255: ‘Civil rights at risk’

November 8, 2024 Updated November 8, 2024
Delaney Dryfoos on a wharf redevelopment in the Lower 9th Ward. Marta Jewson on Louisiana AG's decision to join a lawsuit targeting transgender men and women, and broader civil rights.
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Behind The Lens episode 254: ‘It’s scary, dangerous’

October 18, 2024 Updated October 18, 2024
Marta Jewson and La'Shance Perry on their interview with a women about what it's like to be pregnant in Louisiana after the fall of Roe. Delaney Dryfoos on St. James residents' fight against industry.
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Behind the Lens episode 253: ‘Mace with no warning’

October 11, 2024 Updated October 11, 2024
Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl on the Jackson Parish Jail housing kids without the required license to do so.
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Behind the Lens episode 252: ‘Bleeding out’

October 4, 2024 Updated October 4, 2024
Marta Jewson and Katy Reckdahl on a new Louisiana law that requires doctors to keep common maternal health care medications under lock and key. Delaney Dryfoos on a Mississippi River mayors agreement.
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Behind The Lens episode 251: ‘Quite traumatizing’

September 30, 2024 Updated September 30, 2024
Nick Chrastil on the use of mace and pepper spray now allowed in juvenile detention facilities. Terry L. Jones on community air monitoring and Delaney Dryfoos on campaigns to call attention to Venture Global's air quality violations.

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