A think tank conservative and an infectious diseases doctor strongly disagree on the merits of quick reopenings. And David Torkanowsky joins our conversation on the live music blues in New Orleans.
Category: Behind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 86: Stories to tell
Award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien talks about COVID-19, the Trump Administration… and bad news writing. And Ashlin Parker from Trumpet Mafia reacts to the city’s push to offer some live entertainment amid the pandemic.
Behind The Lens episode 85: ‘Turn and face the strange’
More than a week after the Crescent City Connection incident, New Orleans’ police chief faces tough questions at City Council. And a new survey of New Orleans students supports the idea that the educational experience is split badly along racial lines.
Behind The Lens episode 84: Battlespace?
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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.