Category
Audio
A collection of audio recordings, interviews, and oral narratives that bring stories and moments to life through voice and atmosphere. This category includes spoken-word features, podcast episodes, ambient soundscapes, and field recordings
Audio: Coastal erosion threatens the levees that protect the city
Experts say New Orleans officials need to need to come to terms with what it means to be a coastal city.
Audio: When it comes to stormwater management, New Orleans’ road projects are behind the times
A FEMA-funded program to repair roads is meant to put things back the way they were, not make them better.
Audio: How prepared is New Orleans for stronger storms and extreme temperatures?
Check back every day this week for a new story in the series, "New Orleans: Ready or Not?"
Einstein students are being bused to school, but families say there are bumps in the road
Until last week, the charter group handed out public transit vouchers. The school district said that wasn’t good enough.
Audio: Whiskey Island shows the progress and challenges of beach restoration projects
By this summer, the island will be 1,000 acres larger. But the state will have to periodically rebuild it in the coming years.
Audio: WWNO and The Lens discuss state’s ideas to reshape coastal communities at risk of flooding
The state's LA SAFE planning process is looking at ways to help communities adapt as the land around them sinks and the Gulf of Mexico rises.
Audio: Post-Katrina population shift offers clues to the impending migration from Louisiana’s coast
Thousands of people may be forced to move inland in the coming years, according to the state.
Audio: Proposal to widen Industrial Canal revives distrust in Lower Ninth Ward
People have not forgotten the corps' role in the city's flooding after Hurricane Katrina.
Reclaiming native ground: Can Louisiana’s tribes restore their traditional diets as waters rise?
Native Americans are losing their ability to live off the land as it has crumbled into the Gulf of Mexico. Some of them are trying to figure out how to survive on what's left. A multimedia collaboration between the Food & Environment Reporting Network, Gravy, and The Lens.
