It’s our second national Murrow award in four years.
Author Archives: Steve Myers
Steve Myers was editor of The Lens. Before joining the staff in 2012, Myers was managing editor of Poynter Online, the preeminent source of news and training about the journalism industry. At Poynter, he wrote about emerging media practices such as citizen journalism, nonprofit news sites, real-time reporting via social media, data-oriented news apps, iPhoneography, and the fact-checking movement. Six of his 10 years in newspapers were spent as a local government reporter in Mobile, Ala., where he focused on local government accountability, from jail management to hurricane preparation and response. He can be reached at (504) 298-9750.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Inside the News Room
The Lens sues city of New Orleans for failing to follow public-records laws
The suit alleges that the city habitually fails to provide public records within the time required by law.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
The Lens’ election guide for the 2014 New Orleans judicial races
We have profiles, documents and news links for every judicial candidate in a contested race.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Events
Breakfast with the Newsmakers: Charles Maldonado interviews lawyer for Workers’ Center for Racial Justice (live blog transcript)
The event starts at 8 a.m. Thursday. Follow along here if you can’t make it.
Posted inEnvironment, Events
Lens, ProPublica journalists describe how they reported ‘Losing Ground’ project (video)
Cattle rancher Earl Armstrong and fishing guide Ryan Lambert spoke about witnessing coastal loss firsthand.
Posted inInside the News Room
The Lens adds property sales map to The Vault
It’s never been easier to track real estate sales in your neighborhood. Search by any text, price or date and see the results on a map. This is the latest addition to The Vault, our open-data initiative.
Posted inEnvironment
Live chat replay: Talk to The Lens, ProPublica about ‘Losing Ground’
Discuss how we reported and built an interactive showing 80 years of coastal loss in Louisiana.
Posted inEnvironment, Events
Highlights from our expert panel on how to pay for coastal restoration (video)
Kyle Graham, head of the state’s coastal restoration authority, predicted some kind of settlement, some day, with the oil and gas industry. Tulane’s Mark Davis said local government needs to set the right example in how it builds roads and deals with sinking land.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
With new tool, The Lens makes it easy to find out how much city employees are paid
It’s part of The Vault, our effort to increase access to public information.
Posted inEnvironment
Live chat: Filmmaker discusses documentary on vanishing Isle de Jean Charles
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee will join us at 12:15 p.m. CT Thursday to discuss the video, which was featured in The New York Times.