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Author: Tom Wright

Behind The Lens episode 84: Battlespace?

June 5, 2020 Updated June 6, 2020
The city of New Orleans braces for yet more protests over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd. We’ll have coverage from the demonstrations, including accounts from two Lens reporters and a medical volunteer who were tear gassed on the Crescent City Connection.

Behind The Lens episode 83: Street sound

May 29, 2020 Updated May 29, 2020
Phase one workplace tensions, preps for the next school year and a jazz players' round table on the importance of live music.

Behind The Lens episode 82: The Quarter and beyond

May 22, 2020 Updated May 23, 2020
Moratorium on Entergy cutoffs extended. New DCFS data raise questions about suspected child abuse cases; And feature interviews with Dr. MarkAlain Dery and performer Jillian Kay Music.

Behind The Lens episode 81: Changes and choices

May 15, 2020 Updated May 15, 2020
Phase one of New Orleans' reopening begins, but workers and their bosses have some tough decisions to make now. Also, musician Emeka Dibia on his work with the Brass-A-Holics amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Behind The Lens episode 80: That business upriver

May 8, 2020 Updated May 8, 2020
Featuring interviews this week with Russel Honore', Marylee Orr and Jeff Asher, along with some of the best news investigators in Louisiana.

Behind The Lens episode 79: Mayday, May Day

May 1, 2020 Updated May 1, 2020
"War" on coronavirus cases at New Orleans' jail, the COVID slide for schoolkids, and musicians' commentary on surviving the crisis.

Behind The Lens episode 78: Podcasting in place

April 24, 2020 Updated April 25, 2020
OPSB's rocky online meeting, Convention Center developments, medical waste buildup and Jazz Festing in Place: yet another wild week of news in New Orleans.

Behind The Lens episode 77: Got protection?

April 17, 2020 Updated April 17, 2020
Local researchers push hard for new innovations and hopefully even a vaccine to fight the COVID-19 outbreak. Also, worrisome economic prospects for New Orleans workers and residents.

Behind The Lens episode 76: Past and present

April 10, 2020 Updated April 10, 2020
From schools to prisons, homes to businesses, there is nothing in our region that's not impacted by the coronavirus. We'll hear from Lens reporters, covering a community in crisis.

Behind The Lens episode 75: Business matters

April 3, 2020 Updated April 3, 2020
New Orleans' tourism economy is on hold and the Convention Center is being used as a makeshift hospital. But that's not stopping center management from pursuing a new hotel development. And we'll get a sense of the economic damage from COVID-19.

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