Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental journalist Bob Marshall has joined the staff of The Lens, where he will bring his widely recognized expertise to bear on issues of wetlands restoration, flood protection and coastal erosion. Bob Marshall Marshall was a reporter and columnist at The Times-Picayune for more than 30 years. He joined The Lens this month, […]
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The Lens awarded $25,000 for charter school reporting project
Recognizing the important coverage of charter schools by The Lens, two local philanthropies have made another round of grants, this year totaling $25,000. The Greater New Orleans Foundation today awarded $10,000 in an IMPACT 2012 grant to The Lens’ Charter School Reporting Corps, a two-year-old effort aimed at covering the city’s 50-plus charter school boards. This […]
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The Lens receives nonprofit designation after 26-month wait
The Lens received its official nonprofit designation from the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday, ending a 26-month wait. The designation opens up more funding opportunities for The Lens; some foundations choose to grant money only to official 501(c)(3) organizations. It also streamlines the process for individual donations, which are tax-deductible. “This IRS declaration marks a new […]
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Replay: Thursday night panel on future of media in New Orleans
Video streaming by Ustream Presented by the Press Club of New Orleans. Video provided through The Lens, in conjunction with the New Orleans Digital News Alliance
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For a reporter, New Orleans is simply irresistible
Official statistics show that New Orleans’ population is 360,740. Make that 360,741. When I left New Orleans in 1996, driving my battered Toyota Tercel to a new job in Tallahassee with The Miami Herald, I never imagined I might return. Racial politics had left me in despair about New Orleans. The soaring homicide rate seemed […]
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The Lens hires prizewinner Tyler Bridges to cover public policy
Veteran prize-winning reporter Tyler Bridges will become a staff writer with The Lens on Oct. 1, focusing on state-level public-policy decisions that affect the New Orleans area. Bridges is returning to New Orleans after a 16-year hiatus that took him from The Times-Picayune to The Miami Herald, where he was part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning […]
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WWNO-FM, The Lens shift collaborative strategy to play to strengths
The University of New Orleans, which operates WWNO-FM, today announced revised plans to support a collaborative, nonprofit multimedia news operation, expanding the reporting role of The Lens and increasing the NPR affiliate’s focus on news and cultural information. The new plan shifts the effort from creating NewOrleansReporter.org and its newsroom to building on the established expertise, brand […]
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Lens co-founder wins award for report on NOPD victim policy
Karen Gadbois, co-founder of The Lens and a staff writer, is the 2012 recipient of the Society of Professional Journalists’ annual Ethics in Journalism Award, the organization announced today. Previous winners include writers for The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. Entries are considered each year, but the organization withholds […]
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Missed the public forum on journalism? Replay it here
If you weren’t able to attend the New Orleans Coalition on Open Governance’s Wednesday night forum or catch it live on our site, we’re happy to offer it to you here.
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Public invited to add voice to discussion on changing media
In response to unprecedented changes sweeping the New Orleans journalism landscape, a forum is being held Wednesday night at Loyola University to ask community members what kind of news and information they want and how they want it delivered. The event will be from 7 to 9 p.m., preceded by a reception at 6:30. It […]