The Lens Earns 11 Honors at Press Membership of New Orleans Journalism Awards
The Lens received three first-place awards and eight further honors Saturday evening on the Press Membership of New Orleans’ 68th annual Excellence in Journalism gala. The highest awards spanned the complete vary of how The Lens tells its tales; in…
Behind The Lens: ICE detention, courtroom entry and federal intervention in Louisiana (Audio)
On this episode of Behind The Lens, reporter Delaney Nolan joins Lens editor Katy Reckdahl to debate the sharp enhance in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement exercise throughout Louisiana and the mounting authorized challenges surrounding extended detention and public entry to…
The fields confessed | The Lens
The day earlier than I buried my mom, a federal choose in Baton Rouge confirmed the factor she had been telling me my complete life. In late Might, the morning earlier than her funeral, U.S. District Choose Brian Jackson dominated,…
Behind The Lens: False claims, Actual penalties: Why an Iberia parish photo voltaic farm by no means obtained constructed (audio)
On this episode of Behind The Lens, environmental reporter Delaney Nolan talk about how a wave of misinformation helped derail a proposed photo voltaic farm in Iberia Parish. The mission promised thousands and thousands of {dollars} in native tax income and…
All Cities Are Mortal | The Lens
New Orleans has at all times identified the way to dwell with demise, to the purpose the place it’s nearly a cliche. Once they’re not enjoying in a second line or in a jazz membership, for instance, musicians inform vacationers…
The Eyes Have It | The Lens
However the drums couldn’t be silent.They had been all the time heard.When the land grew to become darkish,After the depraved suckedAdvantage from the solar,The drums introduced the sunshine,And the ft had been all the time listening. Knowledgeable by the previous,They…
Behind The Lens: Detained regardless of citizenship and the talk over jury secrecy (Audio)
Stopped, shackled and detained in Lafayette Parish, a U.S. citizen tells her story. On this episode of Behind The Lens, reporters Delaney Nolan and Bernard Smith be part of Lens editor Katy Reckdahl to debate two essential tales shaping Louisiana’s justice…
From roots to outcomes: Karen Gadbois, The Lens’ co-founder and former government director, displays on 15 years of reporting.
Karen Gadbois (Photograph by Emily Kask/Poynter) On this episode of Behind the Lens, we mark a significant milestone, 15 years of fearless, community-driven journalism. Co-founder and former Govt Director Karen Gadbois displays on the origins of The Lens, the challenges of constructing a nonprofit…
Banding Collectively | The Lens
College students streamed in steadily, carrying baggage of chips, chilly drinks, and rooster plates from afterschool-runs to 2 nook shops on St. Claude Avenue. They threw open the massive door and headed downstairs to a room with black partitions lined…
Throw Me Somethin’ Mista | The Lens
Throw me somethin’ MistaThrow me my satisfaction in my stepThrow me my ancestors right here, so we will Cha Wa & chat’bout them, then & now Throw me my Motha Mista, alive nicely earlier than age fiftydancin’ complete Doin’ dishes &…