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Author Archives: Steve Beatty
Steve Beatty is the publisher and chief executive officer of The Lens. He worked as an editor for The Times-Picayune for 15 years, leaving New Orleans just before Katrina to take a position as an editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and quickly rising through the ranks to be an editor of the newspaper
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Donate to The Lens through Jan. 19, and the Knight Foundation will double your gift
National media philanthropy is hoping to bolster solid local reporting in the face of fake news.
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Join The Lens in the fight for an open and accountable government
Supporters gathered to rally with then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in a cargo hangar at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Nov. 6. Dear Readers, I’ll save myself 1,000 words and let you consider the picture above. It was taken at a Donald Trump rally last week, and it’s no secret that Trump has dispensed with any […]
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The Lens has a unique election map, and we need your help to keep it going
No other news outlet gives you real-time, neighborhood-level results on Election Day.
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Lens wins 10 Press Club awards, including four first-place trophies
The honors were given out at the 58th Annual Excellence in Journalism event.
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Lusher board votes against recognizing union, likely sending matter to an election
The next move is up to the union organizers.
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Lens enters seventh year of operation; announces expanded board of directors
Annual event is one more way we work to engage with the community we serve.
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CEO of New Beginnings charter network resigns, but will stay through June
Board offers little explanation for resignation in second year of three-year contract.
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New Beginnings abruptly cancels closed-door discussion of CEO’s contract Friday
Three of its four schools declined in the last round of state assessments.
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Replay our online video discussion about PTSD with documentary filmmaker
You’re invited to watch and participate in the video forum Thursday at 1 p.m.