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Author: Steve Beatty

About 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

Now in our fourth year, The Lens has new website, office, funding

February 15, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
A site that's easier to view on phones and tablets, a new daily news roundup, more than $1 million in new pledges.

WWNO-FM, The Lens shift collaborative strategy to play to strengths

September 13, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Are traffic stops for expired plates the best use of NOPD after storm?

September 1, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

East bank District C residents lead their own budget forum

August 23, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Mayor cuts back budget forums, so neighbors plan their own

August 23, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Missed the public forum on journalism? Replay it here

August 10, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Public invited to add voice to discussion on changing media

August 7, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Veteran editor and reporter joins The Lens for watchdog coverage

August 6, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Council vows to keep closer eye on Algiers Development District

August 2, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

The Lens: Established, engaged and leading the way

July 29, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

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